The AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement has found that more ambulatory healthcare centers reported a decrease in demand while fewer reported an increase in demand in two separate surveys given less than a year apart, suggesting that the use of…
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ASCs may consider selling a portion of their centers in order to improve operations or to gain a stronger partner in their business. William Kennedy, senior vice president of business development for NovaMed, discusses two critical concepts to consider when…
ASCs continuously search for new service lines to generate additional revenue for their centers. Orthopedic and pain management ASCs often look to spine surgery to provide that new revenue, but they often overlook a procedure they can add with no…
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy launched the ASGE Ambassador Program, in Cairo, Egypt, on Feb. 19, 2010, which provided training expertise and gastrointestinal endoscopic care to developing countries lacking physicians skilled in therapeutic endoscopy, according to an ASGE news…
UnitedHealth Group, Healthspring, Coventry Health Care and Humana are among the insurers that will receive the same payment rates for 2011 as they did this year for administering Medicare Advantage plans, according to a report in Bloomberg BusinessWeek.
Jatin Patel, owner of Rx Shop, Rajnish Mehta, Satender Singh, Naresh Jain and Sachin Amin have been arrested and charged with fabricating prescriptions and submitting the claims to Medicaid, Medicare and Tricare, according to a report in The Tampa Tribune.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has updated the list of ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes that do not require either an HCPCS –QR or –Q0 modifier for implantable cardiac device services provided in a clinical study, according to an article…
Proceedings began in New York State Supreme Court to settle a seven-year long dispute between Anesthesia Associates of Mount Kisco and North Westchester Hospital, according to a report in The Journal News.
The Rome Foundation, an independent non-profit organization, has developed a new tool, Diagnostic Algorithms for Common Gastrointestinal Symptoms, to give physicians a practical, efficient and cost-effective aid to diagnose frequent gastrointestinal symptoms that patients commonly bring to their primary care…
The Obama Health Plan has far reaching implications, not only for patients but for clinical providers alike. What does this all mean? Well, first let's start with the insurance companies themselves. Under the current plan they must use a minimum…