ASCs strive to offer a quality of care and operate at a level of excellence that at least meets the standards set by hospitals, and ASCs are often successful are exceeding these standards. But one area of operations where hospitals…
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A recent analysis of claims from 250,000 people in several dozen mid-Atlantic employer health plans suggests that "even people with coverage are cutting back on care," reports the Wall Street Journal. This includes elective surgical procedures. According to the study,…
ASCs strive to offer a quality of care and operate at a level of excellence that at least meets the standards set by hospitals, and ASCs are often successful are exceeding these standards. But one area of operations where hospitals…
Orthopedic surgeons are offered the highest average base salaries by hospitals and others recruiting physicians, according to a new report from Merritt, Hawkins and Associates, a physician recruiting firm. The "2008 Review of Physician and CRNA Recruiting Incentives" covers average…
In major metropolitan areas nationwide, non-profit hospitals are shutting down city-based facilities and "spending billions on suburban expansions," reports the Wall Street Journal on the front page of the Oct. 14 edition. The article focuses on the Detroit metro area,…
Within hospitals, surgeons are the least satisfied of all specialty physicians, according to a new Press Ganey Associates report. The firm surveyed 27,671 physicians practicing at 302 hospitals/ facilities nationwide between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2007 to compile Hospital…
Citing "concerns about physicians responding to incentive payment and shared savings programs by stinting, cherry picking, steering and making quicker-sicker discharges," CMS has proposed a self-referral exception for such incentive and gain-sharing programs aimed at preventing these potential issues while…
The results of peer review proceedings at the another hospital may not be enough to base a dismissal decision upon, according to an opinion issued by the Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.
Adequate on-call emergency coverage is a real issue for hospital emergency departments and inpatients requiring urgent specialist consultation. Sullivan Cotter’s 2008 Physician On-Call Pay Survey Report states that 85 percent of survey respondents have experienced difficulty finding physicians to provide…
Using CMS's comprehensive error rate testing system, which measures the accuracy of Medicare fee-for-service payments, a Medicare contractor has reviewed Medicare Part B claims from Texas ASCs to determine the top 10 billing errors that lead to denial or rejection…