ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

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.

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.