Jon Vick, president of ASCs, Inc., an ASC consulting firm, shares his thoughts on how health reform legislation will impact ASCs and how individual centers can best deal with changes brought on by this reform.
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WellPoint, which operates as UniCare in Illinois and Texas, said that it will end service in both states, leaving 580,000 members to find new health coverage, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune.
Ridgeview Medical Center broke ground on Two Twelve Medical Center in Chaska, Minn., which will feature clinics, urgent care and outpatient surgery services, among other healthcare services, according to a release from Ridgeview Medical Center.
Current healthcare reform legislation includes provisions that would increase efforts to investigate Medicare and Medicaid fraud, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
GENASCIS, a leading revenue cycle management and business intelligence resource for ASCs, has launched a new microsite, CompareMyASC.com, to provide ASCs a free comparative analysis of their revenue cycle performance, according to a GENASCIS news release.
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U.S. Senate leadership reportedly has reduced the proposed levy on medical device makers in the health reform bill from $40 billion to between $15 billion and $20 billion over 10 years, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
The recent discussions of healthcare reform have never been more interesting. This article briefly examines positions taken by several newspapers and their readers with respect to healthcare reform.
Licensed physical therapist Syed Aziz of Troy, Mich., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Detroit to participating in a conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program for approximately $817,000, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.
The Medical Center of Southwest Texas is starting construction on an outpatient surgery center in Port Arthur, Texas, according to a release from Urban Constructors, the construction company working on the project.
Palm Coast (Fla.) Surgery Center has become a part of Florida Hospital Flagler in Palm Coast, Fla., according to a report in the Flagler News-Journal.