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Information about Fraud and Abuse Laws

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

Your 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…

ASC Growth Study – Sample Letters

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Dear 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, 2009

Study 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, 2009

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, 2009

March 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, 2009

By 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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Finding a Way to Ask Doctors Tough Questions

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Waiting 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

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

The 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

Payment cut would worsen health-care ills

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Recently, an article in USA Today suggested further reducing reimbursement to physicians and
hospitals to curb the increasing costs of providing health care in America.

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Payment Cut

Despite economic slowdown, healthcare CEO’s bonuses are blooming

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Even Bear Stearns chairman rides it out: a $25 million condo. Not everyone is feeling the pinch of the declining economy.

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Health Insurance CEOs are Doing Well

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