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Information about Fraud and Abuse Laws

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 01:43:30 +0000

Your ASC needs to know more about recent changes in fraud and abuse laws enacted as part of national health care reform now since some changes went into effect on January 1, 2010. Join us at ASCs 2010 to hear ASC Association regulatory counsel Ron Wisor describe what you need to know to make sure your ASC is compliant. Register today at www.ascassociation.org/ascs2010.

Proposed Legislation Would Let Patients Compare Costs at Hospitals & ASCs

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 01:37:06 +0000

The ASC industry supports a bill that would require hospitals and ASCs to publicly disclose what they charge for services, as well as quality data on those services.

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The unallotment decision throws a wrench in HHS negotiations

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 01:33:03 +0000

The Minnesota Supreme Court’s unallotment ruling has complicated the already prickly debate over health and human services funding.

Lawmakers have spent the entire session trying to find a way to cover indigent adults without children — those now covered by a drastically downscaled version of General Assistance Medical Care (GAMC) until full federal funding kicks in as of 2014.

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MNASCA Protests Provider Cuts

admin — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:28:05 +0000

MNASCA letter to Huntley& Berglin re provider cuts 05-11-10

Anthem withdraws rate hike request

admin — Thu, 06 May 2010 02:49:18 +0000

California health insurer Anthem Blue Cross canceled rate hikes of as much as 39% for thousands of California policyholders Thursday after state regulators said the plan was “seriously flawed.”

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Obama Chooses Health Policy Scholar, AHA Trustee, as the Director for Medicare and Medicaid

admin — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 21:58:23 +0000

WASHINGTON — President Obama will soon name Dr. Donald M. Berwick, an iconoclastic scholar of health policy, to run Medicare and Medicaid, the programs that serve nearly one-third of all Americans, administration officials said Saturday.

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Illinois High Court: Nonprofit Hospital Can Be Taxed

admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:38:45 +0000

An Illinois Catholic medical center isn’t a charitable enterprise and must pay property taxes, the state’s highest court ruled Thursday in a case that has been closely watched by hospitals nationwide.

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GAMC compromise reached

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:13:28 +0000

The bill detailing a compromise on General Assistance Medical Care has received committee approval and could be on the House floor as soon as March 22.

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Record sharing rules approved

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:11:58 +0000

Minnesota health care providers stand to receive upwards of $400 million in Medicare and Medicaid incentives if the state can show it has a system for regulating the companies that facilitate health information exchanges.

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Revised Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Infection Control Surveyor Worksheets

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:05:28 +0000

The CMS Center for Medicaid and State Operations/Survey and Certification Group released a memo March 5, 2010, regarding Revised Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Infection Control Surveyor Worksheets. Click here for the revised Infection Control Worksheets.