by Aspirion | Jan 6, 2021 | Legislation, Workers’ Compensation
Near the end of 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Senate Bill 2380 into law, establishing that essential workers’ contraction of COVID-19 during the Public Health Emergency is considered work-related and fully compensable for the purposes of workers’...
by Aspirion | Oct 28, 2020 | Legislation
In an effort to improve the patient experience, the healthcare industry is implementing new regulations and expectations regarding price transparency. As part of the new requirements, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Price Transparency Final...
by Aspirion | Sep 30, 2020 | Legislation
Thanks to the recent Georgia Supreme Court ruling in Bowden v. The Medical Center (TMC), Georgia hospitals are free from the fear that filing a hospital lien at their chargemaster rates will result in a claim against them for fraud and negligent misrepresentation by a...
by Aspirion | Sep 20, 2020 | Legislation
In a recently released Care Decision Insights, Humana announced that 145 formerly inpatient-only procedures are now approved at the outpatient level of care. According to Humana, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) says that its current inpatient-only...
by Aspirion | Sep 15, 2020 | Legislation
Since the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus, many health systems have seen a decline in normal patient services, leaving gaps in revenue. In light of the national public health emergency, Congress has passed legislation designed to support both citizens and...
by Aspirion | Dec 11, 2019 | Legislation
While hospitals have long pursued liens as a method of increasing cash collections, did you know that processing liens, when done thoughtfully, should improve your patient experience? When a patient has been a victim to another’s negligence, he or she does not...
