ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Dallas-based Surgical Funds launched its services as a flexible patient financing solution for ASCs. The company aims to provide healthcare consumers access to financing for surgical procedures.

Here are 16 companies that provide revenue cycle management solutions, services and financing options to ASCs and their patients.

CMS determines reimbursement rates for hospital outpatient departments and ASCs using two different measures of inflation, resulting in significant cost differentials.

Documentation is the most important part of coding and billing, according to Alliance Medibilling CEO Annette Bolcato. She said the majority of denied claims her company sees are a result of insufficient documentation.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan reversed its decision to stop covering knee arthritis injections as it reviews their effectiveness, the Detroit Free Press reports.

Nearly three-fourths of physicians support Medicaid work requirements, according to a Merritt Hawkins survey conducted in March.

AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions acquired Professional Management to expand its pathology, radiology and emergency medicine billing services.

ASCs report having various days cash on hand depending on the center and region of the country, according to VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2017.

CMS will terminate its Medicare provider agreement with The Eye Surgeons Group of Tacoma (Wash.) for all patients admitted on or after April 16.

Most ASC revenue cycle management problems are caused by a lack of resources, according to Jessica Nelson, the director of revenue cycle services for perioperative IT provider Surgical Information Systems.