Josiah Lamz, director of marketing for MedBridge, says up-front collections are one of the most effective ways to maximize payment on individual cases. "I commonly see that centers don't collect anything from patients on the date of service or they…
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, chairman of the board and CEO of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians and medical director of the Pain Management Center of Paducah (Ky.) and Ambulatory Surgery Center in Paducah, shares a best practice for more…
Coding and billing is a tricky part of ASC business, as it requires deep, thorough knowledge and great attention to detail. Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, chairman of the board and CEO of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians and medical…
ASCs today face numerous challenges, many of which involve the revenue cycle. Several challenges are not new — decreased reimbursement, retaining competent business office staff and negotiating successful payor contracts. These issues will need to be addressed every year for…
Durango Outpatient and Parkway surgery centers in Las Vegas may lose coverage from the Health Services Coalition, a group of 24 self-funded insurance plans, if the payor organization cannot resolve its dispute with St. Rose Dominican Hospitals over reimbursement rates,…
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CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. The American Medical Association has issued a set of updates to the 2011 CPT codebooks, according to a report from…
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Lolita M. Jones, RHIA, CCS, is a consultant specializing in ASC and hospital outpatient coding, billing, reimbursement and operations. The…
In a letter sent to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the American Medical Association, joined by more than 100 physician groups, called on CMS to pay overdue reimbursements to physicians using funds made available earlier this week, according…
A colleague once told Josiah Lamz, director of marketing for MedBridge, there are three ways to improve the financial health of your facility: add cases, cut costs or improve your billing, coding and collections process. He discusses five ways to…
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Stephanie Ellis, RN, CPC, is the president of Ellis Medical Consulting. Q: I'm having an issue with an insurance…