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Ambulatory Surgery Centers Insurance Industry

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CMS releases CY 2026 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

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On July 14, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Calendar Year (CY) 2026 Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Other Revisions to Medicare Part B [CMS-13271]...more

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Aetna vs. BASM: Pigs Get Fat and Hogs Get Slaughtered

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On April 13, 2016, a jury in Santa Clara, California awarded Aetna, Inc. $37.4 million from Bay Area Surgical Management, LLC (“BASM”), six of its affiliated surgery centers and its three principals. Aetna had accused the...more

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Texas Surgical Centers: Aetna Improperly Denies or Underpays Out-of-Network Claims

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Aetna is now facing another set of claims calling into question its determination and payment methodology for out-of-network reimbursement. On September 4, 2015, six surgical centers in Texas (Allied Center for Special...more

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Kissing Camels Antitrust Suit Against Health System Moves Past Another Hump in the Road

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In June, an antitrust suit brought by plaintiff ambulatory surgery centers (“ASCs”) against a health system, health insurers, and a trade association survived a motion to dismiss. Last week, the ASCs’ case cleared the hump of...more

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