April Sackos, CASC, director of business operations at Meridian Surgical Partners, offers six best practices for collecting out-of-pocket payments from patients in ASCs.
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
ASCs frequently don't pay sufficient attention to billing operations, which can result in overwhelmed staff, uncollected money and significant losses, according to Caryl Serbin, president of Serbin Surgery Center Billing. "ASCs are often understaffed or billing personnel are inexperienced and…
The New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co. praised changes to the state's Personal Injury Protection fee schedule, which limited the amount ASCs can collect for such cases to 300 percent of Medicare reimbursement, and indicated an intent to push harder for…
Editor's Note: This article by Paul Cadorette, director of education for mdStrategies, originally appeared in The Coding Advocate, mdStrategies free monthly newsletter. Sign-up to receive this newsletter by clicking here. CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT…
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Many ASCs do not properly bill implants, according to a study conducted by GENASCIS, a provider of billing, revenue cycle management services and supporting technologies for surgery centers. GENASCIS analyzed 17 primary orthopedic procedures that should always include the use…
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Listed below, are 17 orthopedic procedures by CPT code and description that should include the use of implants according to…
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Accurate coding from an operative report is often complex. Determining the optimum number of codes that can be used while…
About 5 percent of ASC claims are denied by the insurer during the first review, according to Kelly D. Webb, CEO of ASC Billing Specialists in Glendale, Ariz. Here Mr. Webb provides nine best practices on how to reduce your…
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. The 2011 CMS ASC final rule gave ASCs six new procedures they can bill Medicare for which were previously excluded…