26 payer moves impacting ASCs in 2024
Becker's Healthcare December 6, 2024
Here are 26 moves by payers for ASC leaders and physicians to know in 2024:
1. Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Connecticut, New York and Missouri reversed a controversial Nov. 1 update to its anesthesia reimbursement policy. The policy update applied to procedures billed under CPT codes 00100 through 01999 and would have introduced a new reimbursement structure based on CMS physician work time values. Claims exceeding these predetermined time limits would have been denied. Anthem told Becker’s that the reversal was spurred from “widespread misinformation” surrounding the update.
2. The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group, parent company of Optum, to block its planned $3.3 billion acquisition of home health provider Amedisys.
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