ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare Services and CEO Prem Reddy, MD, will together pay $65 million to settle False Claim Act allegations against 14 Prime hospitals. 

ASCs should closely and continually examine processes for preauthorization of the patient's procedure, a crucial step in the revenue cycle process, according to Surgical Information Systems Revenue Cycle Services Director Jessica Nelson.

Five ASC leaders discuss value-based care and what their centers are doing to prepare for outcomes-based reimbursement in the future.

Global Payments purchased cloud-based ambulatory physician practice software provider AdvancedMD from Marlin Equity Partners.

Change is never-ending for ambulatory surgery centers (ACSs). ASCs need to always stay on top of the seemingly nonstop influx of contractual and coding changes, which can have a direct impact on cash flow.

Madison-based University of Wisconsin Health selected the Oracle Cloud resource planning system for its seven hospitals and 87 outpatient clinics.

Patrick DeAngelo joined Modernizing Medicine as its senior vice president and general manager of business services.

A split-decision in President Donald Trump's administration on allowing partial Medicare expansion caused the president to delay taking any action until after the midterm elections, the New York Times reports.

Patient financial responsibility has surged in recent years. As a recent TransUnion Healthcare analysis notes, patients in 2017 were responsible for 12.2% of their total healthcare bill in the first quarter of 2017. This compares with just 8% percent of…

Administrator of Amherst, N.Y.-based ASC of WNY JoAnn Vecchio reveals how her surgery center aims to grow within the changing healthcare landscape.