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Billing Best Practices: Useable Tips
Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) across the country are still waiting to see how the new ASC rules [Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)] are sifting out. On Jan. 1, approximately 450 non-office-based and 360 office-based procedures were added to the list of acceptable ASC services, so that more than 3,000 procedures appeared on the CMS final list. Centers must ...(More)
5/1/2008
Exploring Anesthesia Business Models
Much of what anesthesiologists are responsible for — relieving pain and managing vital functions such as breathing, heart rhythm and blood pressure¹ — is a clear-cut science. Anesthesia as a business, however, is not always tangible. The profession has its own culture, some say, and finding the best anesthesia business model for your practice can be difficult.There are many considerations, ...(More)
5/1/2008
Physician Recruitment and Your Center: Four Questions to Consider
Physician recruitment is a necessary activity for ASCs of all types — including centers still under development, newly-formed centers in the process of ramping up, and established centers looking to revitalize their operations. This article focuses specifically on the importance of physician recruitment activities for existing surgery centers.1 - Q: Why Should My Center Recruit Additional Physicians?A: Quite simply, physician ...(More)
5/1/2008
Collections Issues for ASCs
Collections can be a challenge. Collections issues can come from patients not paying their bills in a timely manner (or not at all) or insurance companies delaying the facility’s payment for unknown reasons or denying claims with unfair reasoning. ASCs must ensure their staff has the knowledge and tools necessary to maximize all possible ways of (legally) getting paid. There ...(More)
5/1/2008
Certifiable: Flexible Endoscope Reprocessors
During these times of healthcare reform and changing healthcare systems, it is important that, as professionals, we are able to demonstrate our ability and competency to our peers and the public. There are competency-based certification programs for many professions — including healthcare. Until now, certification for flexible endoscope reprocessors was not available, but this all changed in October 2006 when ...(More)
5/1/2008
Down on the Farm The Attack on Physician Ownership
“How you going to keep them down on the farm, after they've seen Paree,How you going to keep them away from Broadway, jazzing around, painting the town,How you going to keep them away from harm, that's a mystery,They'd wish they'd never seen a rake or plow, so who the heck can parlez-vous a cow,How you gonna keep them down on ...(More)
5/1/2008
Are Surgery Centers Recession Proof?
A recession is a decline in a country’s gross domestic product (GDP), or negative real economic growth, for two of more successive quarters of a year. Recessions are characterized by declining employment, investment activity and profits. This activity, along with sharply rising prices like we are seeing at the gas pumps, is also known as stagflation. The question is, what ...(More)
5/1/2008
A Historic Beginning to a Great Partnership
The California Ambulatory Surgery Association (CASA) recently hosted its second annual ASC Corporate Summit, April 10 and 11. The ASC Corporate Summit is an invitation gathering of leaders in the California ASC industry. Attendees are comprised of national corporations, smaller California-only corporations and single specialty representatives. New to this year’s meeting was the addition of a Health Plan Summit, where ...(More)
4/30/2008
Eyeing the Financial Landscape: ASC Finance Experts Offer Advice on Economy
If the worst economic outlooks prove accurate, some industries do not have a lot to look forward to in 2008 and possibly 2009. Even if this pessimism is unjustified, tightening belts and getting creative with capital is still advisable.A lot is subject to change depending on what occurs with the federal budget and Medicare, says Scott Shapiro, senior vice president ...(More)
4/3/2008
Stereotactic Radiosurgery
The incidence of cancer continues to rise in the United States. According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 1,444,000 new cancer cases were diagnosed in 2007. Fortunately, technology also continues to advance, yielding new treatments for cancer patients in an outpatient setting.One major area of emerging cancer care technology is the rapid advancement in stereotactic radio-surgery and stereotactic radiation therapy ...(More)
4/3/2008
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