Category: ASC Coding, Billing and Collections

Here are three major updates from Anthem Blue Cross that Becker’s has reported on since Dec. 19. 

Coast Surgery Center in Huntington Beach, Calif., is suing several major insurance providers for alleged “illegal, coercive, unfair, fraudulent practices, bad faith and deceptive advertisements.”

Certificate of need laws could change drastically in North and South Carolina in the next year, according to a Jan. 11 article in JDSupra from the law firm Nexsen Pruet. 

Many healthcare leaders cite the No Surprises Act’s independent dispute process as an obstacle to care — HHS has received more than 90,000 claims since launching the independent dispute resolution portal in April. 

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee has ended its relationship with Memphis-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, and two ASCs are affected, local ABC affiliate ABC24 reported Jan. 5. 

The No Surprises Act, aimed to protect patients against balance billing and create cost transparency, took effect Jan. 1, 2022, and the law has shifted how many physicians and ASCs provide care. 

Here’s what five ASC leaders had to say about CMS in the last year:

Here are 12 updates in the last year about prior authorizations, one of the biggest burdens for ASC leaders. 

Noncompete agreements could be banned with a new proposed rule from the Federal Trade Commission. 

Here were seven ASCs that faced opposition in 2022: