Webinar on Latest ASC Studies from WCRI
Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) November 25, 2014 -- A growing number of states are either regulating their fees or revisiting their existing regulations for ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) and hospital outpatient departments.
Join Workers Compensation Research Institute’s (WCRI) policy analyst and author, Dr. Bogdan Savych, for a one-hour webinar on Thursday, December 18, 2014 at 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. CT, 12 a.m. MT, and 11 a.m. PT) as he discusses two of the Institute’s recent ASC studies as well as takes your questions. He will be discussing the following studies:
• Payments to Ambulatory Surgery Centers: this study helps policymakers and system stakeholders better understand the ASC payments for common surgeries in their state, how they compare with other states, and the role of different types of fee schedules.
• Comparing Payments to Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Hospital Outpatient Departments: this study examines how the payments for common workers’ compensation surgeries conducted at ASC settings compare with the payments for similar surgeries performed at hospital outpatient settings.
Both studies include 23 states, which represent over two-thirds of the workers’ compensation benefits paid in the United States. These states are Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Questions addressed:
• Are surgeries performed in ASCs less costly than hospital outpatient surgeries?
• What impact do fee schedules have on payments for surgeries performed at ASCs?
• What states have the highest and lowest ASC payments for surgeries and why?
Attendance is limited to 100 people and all attendees receive a free copy of the slides. Webinars are $39 for WCRI members; $79 for non-members; and no charge for members of the press, legislators as well as their staff, and state public officials who make policy decisions impacting their state’s workers’ compensation system.
Click on the following link to register now: http://www.wcrinet.org/12.18.14_webinar_reg.html.
ABOUT WCRI:
The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) is an independent, not-for-profit research organization based in Cambridge, MA. Organized in late 1983, the Institute does not take positions on the issues it researches; rather, it provides information obtained through studies and data collection efforts, which conform to recognized scientific methods. Objectivity is further ensured through rigorous, unbiased peer review procedures. WCRI's diverse membership includes employers; insurers; governmental entities; managed care companies; health care providers; insurance regulators; state labor organizations; and state administrative agencies in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Andrew Kenneally, Workers Compensation Research Institute, +1 (617) 661-9274 Ext: 257, [email protected]
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