Your ASC's surgery scheduler has just scheduled a procedure for next week. Prior to performing this procedure, there are numerous steps required to ensure that your ASC is properly compensated for services performed. Pre-authorization — also called precertification, prior authorization,…
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
The complex out-of-network reimbursement landscape contains vast opportunities for ASCs looking to improve their profit margins. However, there are many considerations ASCs should keep in mind to successfully pursue an out-of-network model.
Orthopedic surgeon Steven Mash, MD, of DuPage (Ill.) Medical Group in Downers Grove, Ill., spoke to Becker's ASC Review on bundled payments for ASCs.
Highmark issued a positive coverage policy decision for interspinous and interlaminar stabilization and distraction using Paradigm Spine's coflex on Nov. 6.
An aide to President Donald Trump said the president will not require a healthcare provision in the Senate's tax bill, CNBC reports.
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Jonathan Kaplan, MD, a plastic surgeon with San Francisco-based Pacific Heights Plastic Surgery and founder and CEO of BuildMyBod.com, delved into why physicians should be transparent about their prices and how this practice will enable them to bring in new…
In a recent Kaiser Family Foundation report, researchers examined poll results from Americans on their view of new healthcare plans, including Medicare-for-all.
Kaiser Family Foundation released its November Tracking Poll offering insights into open enrollment, the ACA and health insurance.
Colonoscopies cost Medicare 164 percent more when they're performed in a hospital outpatient department rather than independent physician offices, according to a report released last week by Physicians Advocacy Institute and Avalere.
Successful payer contracting is crucial to the success of any ASC. While such contracting can prove difficult amid a changing reimbursement landscape, ASC administrators can safeguard the success and fiscal health of their respective organizations by taking advantage of the…