The 21.3 percent Medicare physician fee cut automatically went into effect today, but CMS is instructing Medicare contractors to hold physicians' Medicare claims for the first 10 business days in June to give Congress a chance to avert the cut.
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Regent Surgical Health, a nationally-recognized surgery center company with 17 facilities throughout the United States, is looking for a key executive to become part of the select few professionals devoted to the growth of the company. This is a high…
1. Determining qualifications/credentials What important qualifications are needed in reimbursement cycle employees? Based on the position, develop a checklist of what you look for in a coder, payment poster, etc.
Atlantic Eye Center in Cape May Court House, N.J., has been named the "Business of the Year" by the Middle Township Chamber of Commerce in the category of healthcare and senior services, according to the Cape May County Herald.
A bill introduced by New Jersey State Senator Nia Gill to criminalize the waiver of co-payments and deductibles by healthcare providers in the state failed to garner enough votes from the Senate Commerce Committee needed to move forward, according to…
Here is the distribution of surgery centers and hospitals by Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area and their percent of the total market, according to SDI.
Here are the median gross charges and net revenue per OB/GYN case by a surgery center's number of operating rooms, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.
Nikkie LaFleur of Lake Charles, La., was sentenced to 37 months' imprisonment after pleading guilty to three counts of healthcare fraud in March, according to an Associated Press report on KLFY News.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries told the U.S. Food and Drug Administration it will stop manufacturing propofol, which could further exacerbate a months-long shortage of the anesthetic, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
CMS Transmittal 59 provides additional clarifications to the agency's Interpretive Guidelines for the Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation, according an American Society of Anesthesiologists news release.