ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

In order to receive Medicare reimbursement and be certified by CMS, ASCs must comply with standards set by the federal agency.

Ron Rittenmeyer, CEO of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, said he'd like to see policymakers improve the ACA's current framework instead of eliminating it entirely, ThinkAdvisor reported.

Surgical Notes published an e-book providing information about 15 key performance indicators ASCs can monitor to improve revenue cycle performance.

Patients are responsible for a greater portion of their healthcare bills than they were two decades ago, and many can’t afford their out-of-pocket costs or high deductibles, leaving providers in the lurch.

Here are three surgery centers recruiting coders and billers:

Here are three updates that could affect reimbursement and payment collection in ASCs:

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina and Portland, Ore.-based Cambia Health Solutions called off a planned partnership on Sept. 27, according to the Winston-Salem Journal.

Humana added West Reading, Pa.-based Reading Hospital to its Medicare network, according to the Reading Eagle.

High-deductible health plans are increasingly prevalent, but Americans are struggling to pay their medical bills, according to ClearGage.

As patient consumerism continues to make waves throughout healthcare, patient demands for pricing information are steadily increasing.