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CMS releases final 2016 physician payment rule
The CMS finalized a payment increase of 0.5% for the physician fee schedule for calendar year 2016, as required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, the American Hospital Association reported.
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Medicare’s 2016 final payment rule released for hospitals and surgery centers
The ASC increase is based on a projected rate of inflation of 0.8% minus a 0.5 percentage point productivity adjustment required by the Affordable Care Act, ASCA reported. This payment update is significantly lower than the 1.1% update in the proposed rule, which was based on an inflation rate of 1.7% minus a 0.6 percentage point productivity adjustment.
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Poor Behavior in the OR is no Longer a Secret
Recent cases show lots of bad behavior and it's not a pretty picture.
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$9.5M settlement in lawsuit over out-of-network centers
On behalf of out-of-network California ASCs, a Los Angeles law firm has filed a motion for preliminary approval to settle a class action complaint it filed more than six years ago.
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The Joint Commission posts changes for 2016, alters office-based requirements
The Joint Commission has approved the 2016 accreditation and certification decision rules for all accreditation and certification programs.
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Until Nov. 16, ASCs can suppress certain public data
ASCs may choose through Nov. 16 to have 2013 and 2014 data for five claims-based measures suppressed from the Hospital Compare website, the American Hospital Association reported. The five measures are ASC-1, Patient burn; ASC-2, Patient fall; ASC-3, Wrong site, wrong side, wrong patient, wrong procedure, wrong implant; ASC-4, Hospital transfer/admission; and ASC-5, Prophylactic IV antibiotic timing.
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Evidence for a preadmit showering regimen
A standardized preadmission shower regimen results in maximum skin surface concentrations of chlorhexidine gluconate that can inhibit or kill surgical wound pathogens. -
Retirement system saves $7 million: Coverage adjusted for hospital colonoscopies
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) saved $7 million on spending for colonoscopy two years after it implemented a reference payment initiative that offered full insurance coverage at low-priced facilities but required substantial cost sharing if patients picked a high-priced alternative, according to an article published online by JAMA Internal Medicine.
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A blurred line between hospitals and surgery centers
The line between hospitals and freestanding ambulatory surgery centers is becoming more and more blurred.
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Problem of surgery on the wrong site and retained objects won’t go away
Wrong-site surgery errors persist even after years of concerted efforts to avoid them, and some of the standard prevention policies and procedures might not be effective enough. Some facilities are finding other ways to prevent this never event and other errors.