ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision (AmSurg) Healthcare's contract with Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare expires at the end of the year, and Envision launched a website to clarify where at the companies stand in the negotiation process.

Intervention Insights CEO Clynt Taylor shared with Becker's ASC Review how prior authorization processes affect patients and physician-owned practices.

Intervention Insights CEO Clynt Taylor told Becker's ASC Review how physician-owned practices are increasingly burdened by prior authorization processes.

The growing popularity of high deductible health plans is encouraging more patients to seek care in lower-cost outpatient settings. However, trends in payer consolidation are making it more difficult for ASCs to ensure maximum reimbursement for their work.

Three experts on revenue cycle and operations at ASCs gathered at the Becker's ASC 25th Annual Meeting: The Business and Operations of ASCs conference in Chicago Oct. 19 to discuss how administrators can improve reimbursement per case at their facilities.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota will include Owatonna (Minn.) Hospital in its Medicare Advantage plans in 2019, Owatonna.com reports.

How ambulatory surgery centers can leverage payers into mutually beneficial contracts was among the topics of discussion during a Q&A discussion at the Becker's ASC 25th Annual Meeting: The Business and Operations of ASCs conference, which was held Oct. 18-20…

The Workers Compensation Research Institute CompScope study found New Jersey ASCs handled one-quarter of comp claims, workcompcentral.com reported.

The healthcare delivery model's shift toward value-based care from fee-for-service has raised important questions for ASC payment models.

It's important to understand why general surgery practices face denials, according to MedicalBillersandCoders.com, a consortium of medical billers and coders in the U.S.