An ASC's financial health is dependent on the quality of its revenue cycle team, according to Fort Myers, Fla.-based Serbin Medical Billing.
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The do's & don'ts of ASC price transparency: 3 Qs with Ohio Surgery Center administrator Suzi Walton
One of the key steps to implementing a successful price transparency plan is to just start somewhere, according to Columbus-based Ohio Surgery Center administrator Suzi Walton.
The healthcare industry has various definitions of price transparency, and ASCs often consider the self-pay bundled price — not including insurance — to be the end-all-be-all of transparency, according to Columbus-based Ohio Surgery Center Administrator Suzi Walton.
As more people turn to ASCs and outpatient facilities for orthopedic, ocular, GI, women’s health, or other procedures, ASC patient populations could become more varied.
Benchmarking data allows ASCs to gauge their business performance, according to Jho Outlaw, Alpharetta, Ga.-based Surgical Information Systems' revenue cycle vice president.
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Georgia's House of Representatives failed to pass a bill that would have significantly reformed the state's certificate of need laws, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.
A bill filed in the Florida House of Representatives entails several mandates, including the requirement that physicians disclose more details of an injured worker's treatment plan to payers, according to Business Insurance.
Last October, the FBI raided Spartanburg, S.C.-based Pain Management Associates' offices in three different cities and new documents show the affiliated physicians are under fraud investigation, according to WSPA, which is a CBS affiliate.
After Knoxville, Tenn.-based Tennova Healthcare notified patients its contract with UnitedHealthcare expired Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic is reassuring patients and referring physicians that its facilities remain in-network, according to Knox News, part of the USA Today Network.
Kylie Kaczor, MSN-RN, vice president of clinical and regulatory affairs at National Medical Billing Services, shared three tips for navigating appeals with Relias Media.