ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Fellow Health Partners will handle billing-related functions for New York City-based Brooklyn Surgery Center after the two entered into a partnership.

Anticipating a 12.9 percent increase in outpatient revenue, Houston, Mo.-based Texas County Memorial Hospital set a $1.2 million operating budget for 2019, the West Plains Daily Quill reports.

Alpharetta, Ga.-based Surgical Information Systems' Senior Vice President of Revenue Cycle Services Jho Outlaw shared 10 ways ASCs can improve appeals and reduce denials.

Workers' compensation is a "soft target" for ASCs, hospitals and other facilities that efficiently maximize revenue, CompPharma Co-owner Joe Paduda said in a Managed Care Matters post.

CEO of Peabody, Mass.-based Orthopedic Surgical Center of the North Shore Jarett Landman, MS, PA-C, discusses the key reimbursement and payer trends for ASCs today.

The U.S. Department of Justice recovered $2.5 billion from healthcare fraud for the 2018 fiscal year, according to the agency.

Here are four key reads on payer trends and ASC reimbursement from industry experts:

Ask ASC staff what topic they enjoy speaking about with patients least and you can expect many — if not most —will say financial responsibility.

Here are eight articles with strategies for achieving financial health at an ASC:

With an average of $200,000 in student loan debt, physicians have a long road to healthy finances, according to Medscape writer Karen Riccio.