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Cutting Higher-hanging Fruit to Improve ASC’s Financials
Minimizing variation is one strategy that can help ASCs improve efficiency and cost.
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A Quick Look at 2018 for ASCs
What is the biggest issue ASCs will face in 2018? They will be challenged to sustain growth at a time when administrators are focused on lowering costs and raising quality during an era of mergers and acquisitions.
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Tips for Avoiding Huge False Claims Fines
ASCs can run into regulatory trouble by simply creating a poorly structured business ownership agreement or by paying one owner physician more than another. Two health law experts highlighted common mistakes healthcare professionals make regarding the FCA, Anti-Kickback Statute, and Stark Law.
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Stakes High Regarding False Claims Act Compliance
Ambulatory surgery centers are vulnerable to False Claims Act violations because of their corporate structures and relationships.
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Hospitals’ Financial Assistance Processes Under Intense Scrutiny
Hospitals’ processes for charity care are facing intense legal scrutiny, with two highly publicized lawsuits underway.
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Defense Verdict in 11-Year Delay-in-Diagnosis Case
At first blush, this is a relatively straightforward failure-to-diagnose case, but the essence of this case is that the patient’s cancer would not have been cured in 2004 if the physician had made the proper diagnosis and followed up appropriately, resulting in a defense verdict.
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$7 Million Verdict: Improper Use of Balloon Device Leads to Death
A physician's inexperience with a balloon device led to ruptured blood vessels and the patient's death.
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OIG Auditing Medicare Payments for Telehealth
Healthcare organizations offering telehealth services should expect more scrutiny from the federal government now that the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General has announced plans to review Medicare payments for telehealth services, seeking to confirm the patient was at an eligible originating site and that the statutory conditions for coverage were met.
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ASC 606 Standard Requires Proper Reporting of Revenue
The Department of Justice’s campaign against healthcare fraud puts hospitals and health systems at risk in many ways, and they could find themselves subject to even greater fraud risk as the 2018 compliance deadline for a new standard of revenue reporting fast approaches.
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Scathing Results from Police Investigations of Nurse Arrest
The Salt Lake City Police Department conducted two separate investigations of the arrest of nurse Alex Wubbels, RN, and the results echo the reactions of many who have seen the videos.