Caryl A. Serbin, RN, BSN, LHRM, president and founder of Serbin Surgery Center Billing, suggests following these eight guidelines to help ensure your ASC contracts with insurance plans best for your facility.
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Q: How is healthcare reform likely to impact the pain management component of my ASC?
The new ban on physician-owned hospitals is not going to stop surgeon-owned facilities from providing overnight recovery for surgery patients, says Ken Pettine, MD, a spine surgeon who co-owns the Loveland (Colo.) Surgery Center.