Category: ASC Coding, Billing and Collections

'Certificate-of-need laws are holding them back': Behind states' recent reform

Certificate-of-need laws, which govern where providers can build facilities, including ASCs, are considered by some as an obstacle to ASC development.

Florida shrinks Stark law physician supervision requirements 

A law has passed in Florida amending the state’s Stark law supervision requirements, law firm Holland and Knight wrote in a June 30 JDSupra article. 

Illinois physician fined $1M for fraud scheme

Hinsdale, Ill.-based physician John Greager, MD, has been sentenced to 6 months in prison and fined $1 million for submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare and a private payer. 

How Medicare conversion factors changed over 10 years

Here is how Medicare’s conversion factors have evolved over 10 years, according to data from the American Medical Association: 

Connecticut revamps facility fee law

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed into law a policy that changes the state’s facility fees law, according to a July 5 post from JD Supra.

Cigna in the headlines: 7 updates in the past 60 days

Cigna, one of the largest payers in the U.S., surpassed investor expectations by posting a first quarter revenue of $1.3 billion.

2 physician specialties that saw pay dives

Two physician specialties saw pay declines between 2021 to 2022, according to a new survey from the American Medical Group Association.

Meet the surgeon suing North Carolina over certificate-of-need policy

 Ophthalmologist Jay Singleton, MD, who owns an ophthalmology practice in New Bern, N.C., is challenging the state’s certificate-of-need laws in a suit that says he can’t perform procedures at his ASC. 

The 9 physician specialties that saw pay jumps

Nine physician specialties saw pay jumps between 2021 to 2022, according to a new survey from the American Medical Group Association.

California health system, providers to pay $68M to resolve False Claims allegations

A California health system and three healthcare providers have agreed to pay $68 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act and the California False Claims Act by submitting or causing the submission of false claims to Medi-…