Same-Day Surgery
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Patient Safety Alert supplement
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Some surgeons can open centers or work at the local hospital, but not both
A surgery center opens in a community, and rumors are spread about the quality of care provided by the physicians there. -
CMS clarifies payment for implants, prosthetics
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has clarified Medicare policy for payment and billing of services such as implants and prosthetics that are not covered by the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) facility fee. The notice informs providers about which additional services are to be paid and to whom they are to be billed. -
Upfront efforts result in better collections
You won't get paid for a procedure until you bill for it. That's why participants in the Ambulatory Surgery Non-Clinical Study for Colonoscopy focus on getting payments upfront and to getting bills out to insurance companies and Medicare quickly. -
Surgical hospitals finally have good news
In some long-awaited good news for surgical hospitals, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has publicly announced that it doesn't plan to extend the moratorium. However, specialty hospitals that open in the future will face tighter scrutiny, according to testimony by CMS administrator Mark McClellan before a Senate Finance Committee. -
Same-Day Surgery Manager: ‘You’re not the boss of me’ — or are you? Part II
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