CMS Move to Allow More Types of Outpatient Surgery Could Be 'Huge' in Comp

A move to allow more major Medicare-reimbursed surgeries to be done in outpatient settings could lead to savings for employers and workers' compensation insurers, stakeholders said. “This would be a really big change for a lot of us who work with states that are tied to Medicare, especially states that validate against that list,” said Lisa Anne Bickford, director of government relations at Coventry, a claims management firm. “I'm surprised there hasn't been more comment about that,” she said at the recent national conference of the International Associati...