The Surgery Center of Oklahoma's anesthesiologist founders explained to Yahoo Finance how their business model is designed to keep costs down.  By Angie Stewart - 6/14/19

The Surgery Center of Oklahoma's anesthesiologist founders — Steven Lantier, MD, and Keith Smith, MD — believe price transparency is the key to getting healthcare costs under control, according to Yahoo Finance.  By Angie Stewart - 6/14/19

To keep denials low, ASCs must maintain a high clean claims rate, according to Regent RCM.  By Angie Stewart - 6/14/19

ASCs should benchmark net collection rate to determine whether they're fighting hard enough to get what they're owed, according to Regent RCM.  By Angie Stewart - 6/13/19

The North Carolina Senate included several certificate of need-related measures in its proposed 2020 fiscal budget, JD Supra reports.  By Eric Oliver - 6/12/19

Roji Health Intelligence CEO Theresa Hush, a healthcare strategist with 25-plus years of industry experience, told Becker's ASC Review what to expect for the future of risk-based agreements.  By Angie Stewart - 6/11/19

ASC leaders should focus on improving charge lag rather than claim lag, according to Regent RCM.  By Angie Stewart - 6/10/19

Several legal and policy updates announced in the past month could affect reimbursement in ASCs.  By Angie Stewart - 6/10/19

Richa Singh is executive vice president of sales at Collect Rx.  By Laura Dyrda - 6/10/19

Aetna is changing how it will handle certain ASC and ambulatory payment classification code edits, according to AdvantEdge, a medical billing company.  By Angie Stewart - 6/7/19

Healthcare organizations will encounter an additional barrier to payment for Medicare outpatient claims this summer, according to JD Supra.  By Angie Stewart - 6/6/19

Bundled payment adoption can help make ASC procedures more efficient without sacrificing quality, according to Joe Smith, MD, PhD, and CEO of Reflexion Health, a medtech company that sells its VERA physical therapy device to ASCs in bundles.  By Rachel Popa - 6/5/19

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Serbin Medical Billing outlined three ways to avoid revenue loss due to holes in the accounts receivable process in a recent blog post.  By Rachel Popa - 6/5/19

Billing practices with respect to premium intraocular lenses (“IOLs”) implanted in surgery centers can create various risks for the surgery center.  By Melissa Szabad and Lauren Ramos - 6/5/19

Quest Diagnostics — a major medical testing provider — disclosed a breach that may have exposed nearly 12 million patients' medical and billing information, according to SecureWorld News.  By Angie Stewart - 6/4/19

  Out-of-network strategies can affect ASC value, according to the 2019 ASC Valuation Survey by HealthCare Appraisers.  By Rachel Popa - 6/4/19

The shift to value-based care and the movement away from fee-for-service payments has spurred growth in the adoption of bundled payment models. CMS and private insurers are focusing on reducing costs while maintaining care quality, paving the way for bundled payment adoption in the healthcare system.  By Rachel Popa - 6/3/19

Performing ASC revenue cycle audits can help staff identify areas of improvement, according to ASC billing company Serbin Medical BIlling.  By Rachel Popa - 6/3/19

ASCs have a better shot at achieving reimbursement for high-cost supplies, implants or pharmaceuticals if they develop a strong business case tailored to each payer, according to ECG Management Consultants Principal Naya Kehayes.  By Angie Stewart - 5/31/19

Republican Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott is expected to sign legislation banning surprise medical bills, according to local news outlet CBS DFW.  By Angie Stewart - 5/31/19