Three tips:
1. Pay attention to payer policies. A member of ASC staff should be charged with periodically checking with payers to find out when policies might be changing.
2. Avoid duplicate billing. Asking payers if they received the ASC’s claims can help ASCs avoid submitting the same claim twice.
3. Don’t miss payer filing deadlines. Medicare and other payers have different deadlines for filing claims, which ASC staff should not miss..
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