Now that a 21.3 percent Medicare cut has been replaced by a 2.2 percent fee increase until Nov. 30, CMS is asking non-participating physicians to return to full participating status.
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Scott Reuben, MD, anesthesiologist, pain management specialist and former chief of the Baystate Medical Center Hospital acute pain clinic in Springfield, Mass., was sentenced by a federal court on Thursday to six months in jail plus three years supervised release…
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has announced the recognition of 48 new endoscopy units through its "Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program," bringing the total of recognized units to 215.
A joint venture orthopedic surgery center being developed by Raleigh (N.C.) Orthopaedic Clinic and Rex Healthcare, also based in Raleigh, has proposed adding two procedure rooms to its original plans for the facility at the cost of $4.3 million, according…
Kevin Dowdy, director of managed care for Meridian Surgical Partners, identifies two common mistakes ASCs make when negotiating managed care contracts.
Anthony Mai, senior vice president of Sun Healthcare Finance, offers the following four quick tips to ASC physician owners seeking financing for the structural expansion of their facility.
The conversion factor under the new fee fix is $36.8729, effective retroactively to June 1 and expiring November 30, according to an e-mail from CMS.
Here are the median amounts of cash, net accounts receivable and working capital for surgery centers and their relative percentages of total assets, for ASCs with more than 50 percent of case volume in orthopedics, according to VMG Health's 2009…
Physician Medicare claims are now being processed with a 2.2 percent fee increase, following enactment of temporary six-month fee fix, retroactive to June 1, according to a CMS e-mail to physicians.
The -59 modifier is used to report a "distinct procedural service". Proper use of the -59 modifier can result in payment for services that are usually denied when performed in the same case. This is because the -59 modifier unbundles…