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Wall Street Regs Affect ASC Docs

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

New Requirements in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: CASCA Email Alert 8-3-10 Private Placements

Insurance Guidelines

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

CDPHE staff drafted a document with the intent of providing guidance to all license applicants as they seek to obtain appropriate professional liability insurance coverage pursuant to the Health Care Availability Act (CRS Sections 13-64-101, et.seq.)

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New Requirements for ASC Private Placements

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

Private Placements & Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform

Dental Procedures in Ambulatory Surgical Centers

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Effective July 1, 2009, Current Procedural Code (CPT) 41899, “unlisted procedure, dentoalveolar structures,” has been added to the DRG grouper 9 for ambulatory surgery centers enabling these facilities to bill for dental services. Clients ages 0 through 20 and qualifying adult clients under the state plan with extensive dental needs and/or conditions which compromise the…

Economic Stimulus Package Sends Clear Message: Adopt EHR Technology Now or Pay the Price Later

Monday, March 16th, 2009

By improving the efficiency and quality of health care services, electronic health records (EHRs) have been hailed as a promising new component of America’s future health care industry. However, due to cost and other perceived implementation obstacles,…

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Stimulus Plan Impacting Health Care

Friday, February 13th, 2009

In an article published February 9 on Bloomberg.com, Betsy McCaughey, former lieutenant governor of New York and adjunct senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, is critical of the stimulus package and “health provisions slipped in without discussion.” http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=email_en&refer=columnist_mccaughey&sid=aLzfDxfbwhzs

Kathy Bryant’s Year in Review

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Two big changes confronted ASCs on January 1, 2008. Medicare began paying ASCs based on a new payment system that varied greatly from its predecessor, and the new ASC Association, formed through the merger of the two previous national ASC Associations, began advocating for ASCs in Washington, D.C., and in forums across the country. As…

CASCA Corporate Member Featured in Denver Business Journal

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Dr. Marion Jenkins of QSE Technologies, a valued CASCA Corporate Member and sponsor of our conferences, had an opinion piece featured in the Denver Business Journal in December 08. You may read it here:
http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2008/12/08/editorial2.html

OIG Advisory Opinion No. 08-08

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

On July 25th, the Office of Inspector General posted Advisory Opinion No. 08-08, a new advisory opinion concerning an investment in an ambulatory surgery center by a group of surgeons and a healthcare corporation that owns hospitals.

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Fatal Patient Fall Leads to Lawsuit

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Danid Bernard
Outpatient Surgery Magazine

The family of a Massachusetts woman who died after falling from an OR table has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against four hospital staff members believed to be present at the time of the fall.

A surgical team had completed a routine hip replacement procedure on Catherine O’Donnell…

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