Jho Outlaw, senior vice president of revenue cycle services for Surgical Information Systems, shared three tips on how ASCs can tackle denials and appeals.
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
People facing a health crisis deal with more than whatever it is that ails them.
Healthcare providers and collections firms are investing in digital payment solutions to overcome issues associated with current practices, Business Insider reports.
Cigna's contract with Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare is set to expire Jan. 1, 2019, as the two failed to reach an agreement after 11 months of negotiations.
Operating performance among health insurance and managed care companies is expected to remain "fairly stable" in 2019, according to Fitch Ratings.
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It's critical for ASCs to handle managed care contracts properly, but doing so can be challenging, according to Westchester, Ill.-based Regent Surgical Health Vice President of Managed Care, Andrea Woodell.
CMS' 2019 final payment rule for ASCs and hospital outpatient surgery departments included a new code allowing separate payments to ASCs that use Pacira Pharmaceuticals' non-opioid pain management drug, Exparel.
Following months of termination threats and legal disputes between the two companies, Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare agreed to extend its nationwide payer contract with Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision (AmSurg) Healthcare.
Elkton, Md.-based physician Zahid Aslam, MD, pleaded guilty Nov. 30 to making a materially false statement in a loan application, and a medical business he owned pleaded guilty to one count of healthcare fraud.