ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

CMS' procedure price look-up tool allows users to compare average pay for procedures in ASCs and hospital outpatient departments.

Steve Eisentrager, president of Ohio Valley Surgical Hospital in Springfield, spoke with Becker's ASC Review on the payer policy trends to which he's paying attention.

Anthony Romeo, MD, executive vice president of the Musculoskeletal Institute of DuPage Medical Group in Downers Grove, Ill., was ready to perform orthopedic surgery on a sedated patient earlier this summer when his office received a surprising call.

Office-based labs and physician practices will see big cuts next year in dialysis vascular access services reimbursement if CMS' 2022 proposed physician fee schedule is finalized.

For Indianapolis, Ind.-based Midwest Center for Joint Replacement, a good culture fit is a priority in securing a payer contract. 

The attorney general of Arkansas is suing Conway (Ark.) Eye Care and Todd Eye Clinic over allegations that the practice defrauded Medicaid thousands of dollars.

Anthem updated its medical policy Aug. 19 to cover radiofrequency ablation, including a minimally invasive treatment of uterine fibroids.

CMS aims to refine Stark Law regulations on indirect compensation arrangements for physician referrals to services performed by immediate family members.

Payer policies and strategies are evolving as more surgeries become approved in the outpatient setting.

An ASC's revenue and profits are directly linked to its front-end processes.