Brian Brown, regional vice president of operations at Meridian Surgical Partners, lists six ways to make the ASC billing process more profitable.
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
Pain management can be a productive addition to an ASC. However, due to the high volume nature of the specialty and the nearly 47 million uninsured Americans, an experienced and determined billing and collection department is essential to the success…
Health insurers with policies requiring preauthorization permission delays or interrupts patient access to care, according to the results of an American Medical Association survey.
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Stacey Miller, CPC, is a senior coding review specialist for GENASCIS, a provider of billing, revenue cycle management services and supporting…
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.
Advertisement
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…
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. 1. An epidermal cyst is located beneath the skin surface and may extend into the subcutaneous tissue. When an incision is…
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…