ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Here are the top 10 most-read ambulatory surgery center coding, billing and collections articles published on www.BeckersASC.com in 2010.

The following Q&A was published Dec. 22 by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services in a set of FAQs about Affordable Care Act implementation.

Bausch + Lomb has announced it is extending the rebate program for patients who have the company's Crystalens accommodating intraocular lens implanted before March 31, 2011.

Here are five proven ways to increase your ASC collections and maintain a healthy A/Raccounts receivable.

The Office of Inspector General has issued a report with recommendations concerning payments for ambulatory surgery center services provided to beneficiaries in skilled nursing facility stays covered under Medicare Part A.

California, Maryland, New Jersey, Alaska, Massachusetts and Hawaii were the top paying states for coders in 2010, according to data released in AAPC's 2010 Salary Survey.

Coding is an ever-changing profession, and successful coders must be aware of industry changes in order to successfully represent the procedures performed in the ASC. Paul Cadorette, director of education for mdStrategies, discusses three resources every coder should use regularly.

Demonstration RACs have identified two high-risk vulnerabilities for physician claims leading to denials, according to an MLN Matters article from CMS.

Serbin Surgery Center Billing and Short Hills Surgery Center recently presented a free webinar entitled, "Hybrid Center – The Best of Both Worlds (How to Successfully Combine In-Network and Out-of-Network Reimbursement)."

Mark Lutes, attorney with Epstein Becker & Green discusses three payors whose relationship with ambulatory surgery centers may change over the next several years.