Category: ASC Coding, Billing and Collections

Dennis Fliegelman, principal consultant at West Lake Village, Calif.-based ARA Financial Services and former hospital administrator, joined Becker’s to discuss how CMS performed in 2022. 

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Millennium Physician Group has cut ties with two Blue Cross Blue Shield plans, YourSun.com reported Dec. 26. 

Brookline, Mass.-based sleep medicine physician Pankaj Merchia, MD, was indicted for his alleged role in a healthcare fraud scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Dec. 20. 

Here are five key things to know about value-based care going into 2023:

Chicago-based Benjamin Toh, MD, has been charged for his role in a more than $9.5 million healthcare fraud scheme, the Justice Department said Dec. 14. 

Springfield (Ill.) Clinic, a multispecialty physician practice with an ASC, launched a health plan, according to a Dec. 8 report from the Illinois Times.

Here are four leaders’ thoughts on reimbursements:

Here are four Cigna updates reported on by Becker’s since Oct. 21:

Here are six updates from UnitedHealthcare, one of the largest payers, since Nov. 17:

Here’s how much physicians were paid on average over the last five years, pulled from Medscape’s physician compensation reports: