The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service sent a response to the American Society of Anesthesiologists providing context and rationale for recent updated Interpretive Guidelines for the Medicare Hospital Conditions of Participation, according to an ASA news release.
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Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital has plans to build a $9.4 million hospital-based multi-specialty ASC on its campus that will include four operating rooms and two endoscopy rooms, according to a story in Buffalo Business First.
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FirstHealth of the Carolinas and the Surgery Center of Pinehurst (N.C.) have appealed a state denial of a certificate of need for a new freestanding ASC in Hoke County, N.C., according to a news release from FirstHealth.
Unlike many other types of ASC services, gastroenterology, by nature, is more limited in terms of the ability of operators to select certain procedures to maximize reimbursement.
Barry Tanner, president and CEO of Physicians Endoscopy, believes ASCs will be net winners under the new health reform law. "We don't know how this new law will mature over the next 5-10 years, but I do believe that ASCs…
As healthcare facility operators grapple with the effects of a slowed economy and prepare for possible fallout from national healthcare reform, Michael Karnes, the co-founder and CFO of Regent Surgical Health, discusses here several key factors driving ASC valuations.
By a vote of 56 to 43, the Senate passed changes in the health reform bill, which will now be returned to the House of Representatives for a final vote, according to a report by the New York Times.
North Carolina expects to recover tens of millions dollars a year in fraudulent Medicaid claims by hiring a contractor to sift through electronic submissions rather than relying on reviews of paper claims, according to a report by Business Week.
The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that a cap on medical malpractice damages created in 2005 cannot be applied retroactively to cases that occurred before the cap went into effect, according to a report by Business Week.