As surgery centers and surgeons struggle with a Medicare payment system which reimburses at rates that are often barely high enough to break even on procedures, let alone make a profit, it is easy to overlook how reimbursement declines, along…
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Here are 10 common ASC procedures, listed by CPT code and description, with the Medicare reimbursement rates from the highest and lowest reimbursing state, according to SDI’s 2008 Outpatient Surgery Center Market Report.
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During fiscal 2007, the federal government won or negotiated approximately $1.8 billion in judgments and settlements in healthcare fraud cases and proceedings, according to the annual report of the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program (HCFAC).
Larry Taylor, president and CEO of Practice Partners in Healthcare, an Alabama-based corporation dedicated to the provision of management and operational services to ASCs in the United States, shares his observations of three trends he sees as developing in the…
Cleveland Clinic has made the business relationships of its physicians visible online as part of its commitment to transparency.
A focus on providing personalized care and identifying opportunities to connect with and give back to the community are just a few of the reasons staff members at Northeast Surgical Care (NESC) in Newington, N.H., think the ASC is a…
Sarah Martin, RN, BS, regional vice president of operations for Meridian Surgical Partners, discusses seven of the top ASC peer review and credentialing questions.
CMS has proposed today three national coverage determinations (NCDs) to establish uniform national policies that would prevent Medicare from paying for certain serious, preventable errors, or "never events," identified in the National Quality Forum's (NQF's) list of Serious Reportable Events:…
Rob Carrera, president of Pinnacle III, which offers operational development, management, select management and billing for ASCs and other healthcare facilities, discusses three trends he sees for surgery centers as we head into 2009.