Becker's 18th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-
Driven ASC + the Future of Spine Conference
June 18-20, 2020 | Swissotel Regency, Chicago
Keynotes from Jill Ellis, Ellen Latham, Nick Saban, and more
Call 1.800.417.2035 or email registration@beckershealthcare.com, sbecker@beckershealthcare.com or
jcole@beckershealthcare.com
BECKER'S
ASC REVIEW
ASC revenue cycle, revisited -
best ideas today
Revenue cycle management is a crucial aspect of
running a successful ASC. Here, three administrators
discuss their best practices for meeting revenue cycle
benchmarks.
Physicians Endoscopy, Capital
Digestive Care team up to create
management platform
Both companies entered into a strategic
partnership to form a management platform that
will allow gastroenterologists to retain ownership
of their practices.
In the 2020 outpatient and ASC prospective payment systems proposed
rule, CMS said it may reimburse for total joint replacements as well as six
new heart procedures next year. e proposed rule also would remove hip
replacement from the inpatient-only list and take another step toward price
transparency.
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CMS may pay for total knees, 6 heart
procedures at ASCs in 2020
Inside the
issue:
Surgical company seeks
$15M investments for
10 closed surgery cen-
ters p. 13
Tenet/USPI ambulatory
revenue up 5.3% in Q2
— 6 things to know
p. 13
4 quotes from HCA
Healthcare CEO Sam
Hazen on outpatient
caseload
p. 34
Optum adds new
partnership model to
outpatient strategy with
latest health system
deal - 3 insights
p. 47
Meet the head neuro-
surgeon for Elon Musk's
Neuralink, Dr. Matthew
MacDougall
p. 58
The 5 states most &
least likely to face a
physician shortage
p. 72
10 best, worst states for healthcare
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