The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General issued an advisory opinion on hospital emergency room on-call coverage that determined a flat-fee payment schedule presented a low fraud and abuse risk. The 12-page opinion was issued…
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View a crosswalk grid illustrating the changes between the previous and new ASC Conditions for Coverage created by Dawn Q. McLane RN, MSA, CASC, CNOR, chief development officer for ASC development, management and consulting firm Nikitis Resource Group, at www.beckersasc.com/pdfs/cfc2009.pdf.
New Medicare Conditions for Coverage for ASCs; Increased Scrutiny of Physician- Hospital Relationships; Becker’s ASC Review E-Weekly; 16th Annual ASC Conference – Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues Healthcare providers, particular physicians and hospitals, are coming under increased scrutiny.…
While ASCs face a variety of legal issues at their individual state levels, there are several national legal issues affecting the everyday affairs of a surgery center, according to ASC legal experts. The most critical are physician ownership, safe harbor…
Recent studies have cast doubt over the perceived benefits of hip resurfacing versus total hip replacement, and the studies may indicate that hip resurfacing could have a higher risk for complications in some patients, according to a report in the…
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New York Health Commissioner Richard Daines, MD, wrote a letter to the Public Health Council and the State Hospital Review and Planning Council to clarify the state's position on new surgery centers, according to a report in Crain's Health Pulse.
B. Braun received two 2009 GHX Best in Class Awards for achieving the highest year-over-year market share growth for distributed products in the parenteral and solutions/nutritionals product categories for the 2008 calendar year, according to a B. Braun news release.
The number of cases plays a significant role in a centers distress. When we look at a turnaround situation, the center is either doing very few cases at a reasonable reimbursement rate or many cases at a low reimbursement rate.…
With an economy in shambles and banks refusing to make loans, physicians seeking to invest in or recapitalize ASCs face continuing financial challenges.
Azalea Orthopedics in Tyler, Texas, was ranked in the 97th percentile of healthcare facilities across the country for patient satisfaction, according to a patient satisfaction survey conducted by Press Ganey Associates, as reported in the Tyler Morning Telegraph.