ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Crescent City, Calif.-based Sutter Coast Hospital will terminate its emergency room services provider contract with Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare in 90 days, the Del Norte Triplicate reports.

Wauwatosa (Wis.) Surgery Center is partnering with Access HealthNet to increase patient volume and simplify revenue cycle collections.

In August, Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare Services paid $65 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by admitting patients who only required outpatient care and engaging in upcoding. 

Alpharetta, Ga.-based Surgical Information Systems' Jho Outlaw, senior vice president of revenue cycle services, and Jessica Nelson, director of revenue cycle services shared their insights on the common obstacles that prevent an ASC being paid in a recent webinar. Surgical…

CMS halted its payments to Oklahoma City-based ESEC Surgery Center Aug. 18, but the center is working diligently to correct two deficiencies, NewsOk reports.

A New Jersey law designed to shield consumers from surprise medical bills from out-of-network providers went into full effect Aug. 30, with several implications for ASCs, InsideARM reports.

Managing accounts receivable helps ASC revenue cycle management staff determine where to concentrate collection efforts, according to Outsource Strategies International.

We've come a long way from the notoriously illegible, handwritten doctor's note. Does it read "sepsis" or "sinus"? The implications of choosing one versus the other are enormous.

The patient collection process has moved beyond simply collecting patient co-payments and sending billing statements. In today’s healthcare environment, providers and their office staff are faced with the daunting challenge of reframing business practice to help maximize reimbursement from not…

The American Medical Association revealed the 2019 Current Procedural Terminology code set, which includes significant changes to CPT codes and descriptors.