ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

The Orthopaedic Institute, a Gainesville, Fla.-based orthopedic practice, signed a contract for bundled payments with Florida Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Precertifications are one of many hassles ASCs face when securing reimbursements. 

Handling claims and denials with payers can be an obstacle for ASCs to maximize revenue. 

From prior authorization to payer consolidation, ASCs have long faced obstacles in securing reimbursements.

Kwadwo Gyarteng-Dakwa, MD, and his Greensboro, N.C.-based pain practice agreed to pay half a million dollars to settle allegations he wrongly billed Medicare and Medicaid, according to a May 26 announcement from the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Middle District…

A Florida appeals court ruled May 21 that Orlando-based Sand Lake Surgery Center must produce relevant billing records for the treatment of two personal injury plaintiffs, even though it already sold its stake in the case to a litigation funding…

Most medical groups have seen an increase in prior authorization requirements since last year, according to polling from the Medical Group Management Association.

A physician in Chesapeake, Va., was sentenced to nearly six decades in prison May 18, according to the U.S. Justice Department.

How well is your ASC’s revenue cycle performing? If you can’t answer this quickly and confidently, you may be overdue for a revenue cycle assessment.

Three Ascension affiliated hospitals will pay millions for allegedly violating physician self-referral and anti-kickback laws.