ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Caryl Serbin, executive vice president and chief strategy officer for SourceMedical, recommends ambulatory surgery centers take the following 20 steps to improve collections from third-party payors.

SourceMedical has announced the launching of Revenue Cycle Solutions, a newly formed business unit of the company, and organizational changes following SourceMedical's acquisition of Serbin Surgery Center Billing late last year.

Forty-one percent of consumers lack confidence in the accuracy of their medical bills, according to the second annual HealthCare Check-Up Survey from Intuit Health.

Outpatient spine is still almost entirely out-of-network, but a few payors are beginning to agree to reasonably priced in-network carve-outs. Merritt Healthcare, based in Somers, N.Y., successfully negotiated carve-outs for 16 spine procedures with a payor in Massachusetts. Matt Searles,…

Implementing ICD-10/CPT-10 is the top financial IT priority for healthcare provider organizations in 2011, according to the 22nd Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey, sponsored by Citrix.

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Workers compensation cases are a great fit for orthopedic-based ambulatory surgery centers, says John DiPaola, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Occupational Orthopedics in Tualatin, Ore. In fact, his practice is exclusively limited to workers comp. But many orthopedic surgeons and…

The ASC Association has published dates for its webinars from March 8 until Dec. 13.

The American Hospital Association will host a live conference on the transition to ICD-10 on March 14, 2011.

CMS has revised its brochure, "The Medicare Appeals Process: Five Levels to Protect Providers, Physicians and Other Suppliers," according to an AAPC release.