The HHS Office of the Inspector General will monitor several specific coding issues for physicians' offices in Fiscal Year 2010, according to an extensive Work Plan released by the OIG's office.
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Here are profiles of 10 ASCs that opened in 2009. Note: Facilities are listed alphabetically by state.
Q: What benchmark or rule does your ASC follow to determine what time a surgeon is expected to arrive at the surgery center prior to the first case of the day? If you have experienced a surgeon that regularly showed…
While the nation lost a whopping 263,000 nonfarm jobs in September, the healthcare sector came through the month relatively unscathed and still has more jobs than a year ago, according to a release from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The HHS Office of Inspector General has issued its Work Plan that describes kinds of healthcare activities it will be scrutinize and possibly investigate and prosecute in fiscal year 2010, according to a release by the Office of the HHS…
With the Senate Finance Committee expected to vote on its health reform bill as early as Tuesday, medical devicemakers are asking for a reduction in fees on medical devices in the bill from $40 billion to $15 billion over the…
Here are the average operating expenses for surgery centers by the total number of cases an ASC performs annually, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.
David Posch, CEO of American Surgical Centers, was recently named to Crain's Detroit Business' list of Forty Under Forty, which highlights rising stars in the Detroit business community.
Physicians at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis., have raised concerns about a proposed change to the University's conflict-of-interest rules that would allow physicians to make presentations for medical device manufacturers, but still ban physicians from giving speeches for…
Blue Cross Blue Shield has notified physicians and other healthcare providers that data, including Social Security numbers, may have been compromised when a laptop containing the information was stolen in August from an employee at BCBS Association's headquarters in Chicago,…