Many ASCs do not follow a time of service (TOS) policy to collect patient co-pays, but the data shows those ASCs are losing out on owed payments. According to a study conducted by GENASCIS, a provider of billing, revenue cycle…
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
Maintaining accounts receivable is necessary to improve your billing process. Daria Semanyshyn of Advanced Medical Practice Management discusses four steps to audit your A/R and catch problems in a timely fashion.
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.Lolita M. Jones, RHIA, CCS, a consultant specializing in ASC and hospital outpatient coding, billing, reimbursement and operations, discusses eight common ASC…
Coding experts agree that ASCs should conduct regular audits of their coding processes to ensure the ASC is not upcoding, a possible fraud issue, or downcoding, leading to a loss of owed reimbursement. Coding consultant Lolita M. Jones, RHIA, CCS,…
SourceMedical, provider of outpatient information management solutions to ASCs, has announced it has acquired Serbin Surgery Center Billing, which specializes in ASC billing.
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According to Daria Semanyshyn of Advanced Medical Practice Management in Florham Park, N.J., "the likelihood that your claim will be denied will probably be determined before the patient even walks through the door."
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. The American Medical Association has accepted three new CPT codes for balloon sinus dilation technology during endoscopic sinus surgery for…
Following the Senate, the House passed a one-month Medicare physicians fee-fix, averting a 23 percent fee-cut two days before it was due to kick in, according to the Hill.
Larry Taylor, president and CEO of Practice Partners in Healthcare, describes five steps ASCs should take for collecting payments from patients.
It is clear that ASC billing is becoming more complex every day, even without the impending effects of healthcare reform. At best, reimbursement trends are flat and probably headed down, with most private-payor negotiations resulting in lower rates and pressures…