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In addition to the recently passed legislation that avoided a government shutdown and extended telehealth flexibilities to the end of September, our readers will also want to take note of a couple of other pieces of news coming out of Washington, as summarized below. Medicare Pay Raise Legislation A bipartisan group of legislators in the […]
Drug Prices on the Way Down? Administration Issues New Mandate
Having just come through a particularly painful inflationary period, it would be nice to hear news of prices stabilizing or even going down. To many, this seems like a pipe dream; but earlier this week, reports out of Washington indicated there will, in fact, be lower prices that Americans can expect to see—at least as […]
The Perfect Partner: Connecting Anesthesia and the ASC
It’s not always easy to find the right match. That goes for socks, as well as spouses. But it also applies to business relationships. In the clinical context, having the right fit between facility and physician is critical to success. Earlier this month, Becker’s ASC Review asked several surgery center leaders and providers across the country to […]
2026 IPPS Proposed Rule: Other Programs Affecting Payment
In an effort to continue providing our readers with the key provisions of the 2026 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule, we turn now to our final installment on this topic with a look at additional federal programs that will have the potential of affecting the amount hospitals will ultimately be paid by the […]
Anesthesia Demographic Challenges
When most anesthesia providers think about the challenge of getting paid properly and expeditiously for their charges, they tend to think about the specifics of procedure documentation that they control, but this is only one aspect of a unique and multifactorial process. The fact is that submitting charges for anesthesia services requires the specifics of […]
A Thousand Cuts: A Short History of Shortchanging Anesthesia
BY JUSTIN VAUGHN, MDIV, Vice President of Anesthesia Compliance, Coronis Health, Pineville, LA It comes from the ancient Chinese practice of lingchi. “Death by a thousand cuts” is our way of describing a long, slow, gradual process where the culmination of an entire series of misfortunes ultimately ends in ruin. In ancient China, lingchi was […]
Disinformation or Misinformation by Any Other Name
BY KELLY DENNIS, MBA, ACS-AN, CANPC, CHCA, CPMA, CPC, CPC-I, Perfect Office Solutions, Inc., Leesburg, FL Whomever said knowledge is power perhaps should have said accurate or true knowledge is power! Misinformation or “alternative facts” are rampant. It is difficult to believe that anyone would share information that isn’t accurate or fact based, but it […]