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ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

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…

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Patients often hold surgeons and facility owners responsible for any surprise medical bills they might receive, so ASCs should be mindful of surprise billing or risk losing patients, according to Mnet News.

The CMS proposed changes and policy updates to the Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System and Outpatient Prospective Payment System, addressing the gap in payment rate between outpatient sites of service as well as encouraging non-opioid pain management at ASCs.

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