A new Web site debuted this week that, for the first time, compiles outcome and quality data from a variety of sources for all Pennsylvania?s acute-care hospitals in a single location accessible by the general public.
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The Afinity Collamer Aspheric foldable intraocular lens (Model CQ2015A) has been designated as a New Technology Intraocular Lens (NTIOL) by CMS, Staar Surgical announced. The approval for NTIOL reimbursement status means that Medicare will reimburse an additional $50 per Collamer…
The federal government will pay $666 million to more than 660 hospitals to settle a case brought on by hospitals nationwide seeking Medicare back payments, according to a settlement agreement between CMS and the hospitals.
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina will now cover preventive colonoscopy screenings once every 10 years for all its fully insured members 50 and older, the insurer announced.
A California state appeals court has ruled that Sutter Health and Alta Bates Summit Medical Center were not in violation of the state?s consumer protection laws when they did not disclose the existence of a discount policy. The issue of…
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For years hospital errors were corrected and billed as part of a patient’s treatment; in just a few months, Medicare will change that practice, and now, national media are starting to pay attention.
The Empire Strikes Back: N.Y. Probes Underpayments by Insurers to Out-of-Network Providers, Patients
After several years of insurance companies aggressively setting limiting rates as to what they will pay out-of-network providers, New York has launched an investigation into whether insurance companies are unfairly setting those rates and causing patients to pay disproportionately high…
Since the administering of safe and effective anesthesia is such an essential component of the procedures performed in your ASC, you should approach the decision of who will provide anesthesia to your patients with due diligence. Here are three best…
Stephanie Wasek: Can you summarize briefly what CareCredit offers both practices and patients? Rob Morris: CareCredit lets patients pay their current bills in full immediately with the use of interest-free and low-interest extended monthly payment plans. ASCs get paid in…
This article provides insight into four different concepts to strategically attack and manage operations in a surgery center.1 The four cornerstones are derived from a Harvard Business Review article, “The Four Principles of Enduring Success.” The author, Christian Stadler, studied…