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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…

Insurance Headlines 2009

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Single-Payer Health-Care Advocates Disrupt Senate Hearing Wall (Street Journal, May 6, 2009) Eight advocates of government-run health care disrupted a Senate hearing Tuesday on health-care coverage, complaining that their viewpoint was shut out of Senate debate on the issue.

Health Insurers Agree to End Higher Premiums for Women (New York Times, May 6…

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…

Health Care: Obama’s Budget Skimps on Cost-Cutting

Monday, March 16th, 2009

The President’s new budget avoids taking on doctors and hospitals to cut costs, but there are hints that bigger reforms are coming.

To read the article click the link below:
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_11/b4123020532277.htm

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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http://www.faegre.com/showarticle.aspx?mailingId=1374&Email=gkurth@spinemark.com&Show=9012

Finding a Way to Ask Doctors Tough Questions

Thursday, March 5th, 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

Thursday, March 5th, 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…

To read more click below:
http://www.klgates.com/newsstand/Detail.aspx?publication=5289

Testimony before the Senate Committee on Health Care and Veterans Affairs – Opposing the inclusion of ASC’s in SB 454

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

To read the whole Testimony click below:
OASCA Testimony

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