The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati and The Christ Hospital in Mount Auburn, Ohio, have agreed to pay $108 million to settle claims they violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
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As the new health reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, was debated and passed by Congress, the Ambulatory Surgery Center Advocacy Committee was working hard to make sure surgery centers' interests were included. The group, representing national…
Douglas H. Irvine, MD, PhD, is an anesthesiologist at East Portland Surgical Center in Portland, Ore.Q: Many spine-focused ASCs struggle to recruit well-regarded anesthesiologists. How can ASCs make themselves attractive to such practitioners?
In 2009, as many physicians criticized the AMA for its continuing support of the Democrats' health reform bill, membership dropped by 3.5 percent, according to reports on the AMA website.
CPT copyright 2008 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.Here are the 2010 Medicare payments for 12 spine procedure approved for the ASC setting.
Chapman Medical Center in Orange, Calif., has opened a new neuroscience and spine center, according to OC Metro.
Tracey Hood, RN, administrator for Ohio Valley Ambulatory Surgery Center and Mid Ohio Valley Medical Center in Belpre, offers three ways her ASCs keep GI a profitable and efficient specialty.
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.ASCs are leaving money on the table if they are not billing for limited arthroscopic shoulder debridement when warranted, according to Cristina…
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.Q: We are receiving regular denials when coding for the aqueous shunt procedure. What might be the cause of this?
Here are the median gross charges and net revenue per general surgery case by a surgery center's annual case volume, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.