ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Westchester, Ill.-based Regent Surgical Health shared three things for ASCs to consider in payer contract language in a post on the company's blog.

Houston-based Nobilis Health entered into an in-network contract with a large commercial payer at Plano (Texas) Surgical Hospital.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina formed a partnership geared toward helping independent physicians associated with accountable care organizations, the Winston-Salem Journal reports.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare signed a multi-year agreement with Cigna Jan. 1, following months of heated negotiation.

ORHub signed an agreement with an ASC in Arkansas.

With their contract set to expire Dec. 31, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare and insurer Cigna have been exchanging blows, the Telegram & Gazette reports.

  Lakewood, Colo.-based Pinnacle III shared four tips for ASCs attempting to secure payer contracts in a post on the company's blog.

A study published in JAMA Network Open examined the characteristics of physicians who were excluded from Medicare and Medicaid.

The current reimbursement landscape limits the ability of providers to maximize payor reimbursements. However, there are opportunities for organizations to boost financial health by achieving increased insurance company payments for out-of-network care.

A Georgia Senate study committee is drafting legislation that would significantly weaken the state's certificate of need laws, the Gwinnett Daily Post reports.