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Wednesday, May 12th, 2010Your ASC needs to know more about recent changes in fraud and abuse laws enacted as part of national health care reform now since some changes went into effect on January 1, 2010. Join us at ASCs 2010 to hear ASC Association regulatory counsel Ron Wisor describe what you need to know to make sure…
Bellingham Surgery Center in the News
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009A 12-year-old Haitian boy, blind in one eye, receives free care at Bellingham Surgery Center. Read about it here: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/689/story/966377.html
ASC Growth Study – Sample Letters
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009Dear State ASC Association Leaders,
We need your help. As you know, KNG Health Consulting recently released a study entitled An Analysis of Recent Growth of Ambulatory Surgical Centers. This study demonstrates the importance of ASCs in constraining the cost of health care. In particular, it shows that the savings that ASCs…
ASC Growth Study June 2009
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009Study Counters Assertion That Physician Ownership Drives Up Utilization.
ASC Growth Study Press Release
Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) play a pivotal role in moving services into less expensive yet clinically appropriate settings, concludes a study issued today by the independent health economics and policy firm KNG Health Consulting. Other key findings from…
Exception for Same Day Scheduling of Surgery
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009Exception for Same Day Scheduling of Surgery
Medicare has announced that it will allow an exception for the patient notices required in advance of the day of the procedure in certain cases.www.ascassociation.org/guidelines
Two More Companies Dump Database
Friday, March 20th, 2009March 13th, 2009
The list of insurers agreeing to stop using a popular “usual and customary” database and contribute to a new independent database to determine the rate they pay out-of-network doctors and hospitals continues to grow.
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced in a March 5 press release that non-profit payers Capital…
Economic Stimulus Package Sends Clear Message: Adopt EHR Technology Now or Pay the Price Later
Monday, March 16th, 2009By improving the efficiency and quality of health care services, electronic health records (EHRs) have been hailed as a promising new component of America’s future health care industry. However, due to cost and other perceived implementation obstacles…
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Groups Fear Legislators will Divert Feds’ Health-Care Cash
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009Washington stands to receive $2.06 billion in federal stimulus money during the next two years to support the sates Medicaid program…
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Finding a Way to Ask Doctors Tough Questions
Thursday, March 5th, 2009Waiting to see his dermatologist about a skin rash, John Barnett heard the doctor sneeze loudly before he came into the exam room. The Seattle-area retiree says it took all his courage to ask, “Are you going to wash your hands before you examine me?”…
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123612654272124081.html
Stimulus Bill Brings New HIPAA Requirements
Thursday, March 5th, 2009The stimulus legislation currently pending before Congress includes some provisions that should be of substantial concern to health care providers, payors, and others who process health care transactions or otherwise work with health care data…
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http://www.klgates.com/newsstand/Detail.aspx?publication=5289
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