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…
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The healthcare sector is not immune to the weak economy and, as such, some ASCs may be finding themselves increasingly in financial trouble. This was the subject of a McGuireWoods teleconference entitled "10 Keys to Turning Around Financially Troubled Ambulatory…
The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) has awarded IBM the contract to build the state?s transparency Web site, according to a press release. The Web site will make information on cost, quality of care and availability of services accessible…
The Federal Trade Commission, joined by the Commonwealth of Virginia, has filed a complaint in federal court to block Northern Virginia’s Inova Health System Foundation’s proposed acquisition of the Prince William Health System (PWHS) in Manassas, Va.
A hospital is considering a business joint-venture with a development/management company to develop an ASC off the hospital campus, which would benefit patient access and convenience as well as capture additional market share. The hospital would like to incentivize or…
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Don Love, the CEO of an orthopedic practice in Roanoke, Va., and Ken Austin, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in Ramsey, N.J., share their insights on key business challenges orthopedic physicians are currently facing. Five of the largest challenges facing orthopedic…
A Louisiana hospital did not have a duty to disclose an anesthesiologist's drug problem in a reference to a prospective hospital employer, and therefore cannot be held liable for patient injuries the impaired physician subsequently caused at the new hospital,…
A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed a case against CMS which had blocked the enforcement of a provision in the Anti-Markup Rule intended to limit the ability of non-pathology physician groups to profit from pathology services performed in so-called…
A new ambulatory electronic infusion system, the Curlin 6000 CMS, has been introduced by B. Braun at the annual meeting of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Made possible through B. Braun's distribution agreement with Curlin Medical, the Curlin 6000…
St. Francis Hospital & Health Center in Blue Island, Ill., will remain open and change from a non-profit to a for-profit hospital after a transfer of ownership, according to the hospital.