ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Here are 16 statistics on accounts receivable in ASCs, based on data from the VMG Health Multi Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.

Oxford Health Plans and Aetna have sent letters to New Jersey members and providers announcing restrictions on reimbursement for out-of-network services that may force ASCs to go entirely in-network, according to Jeffrey Shanton, director of business management for Journal Square…

Caryl Serbin, president and founder of Serbin Surgery Center Billing, recommends ASCs focus on the following areas when auditing different components of their billing process.

In July I wrote an article on "Maximize Reimbursement: 4 Strategies for Success", which can be found by clicking here. Here is a follow-up article containing strategies on maximizing the accounts receivable (A/R) process.

According to Amy Mowles, president and CEO of Mowles Medical Management, ASCs can improve their contracts with payors by simply doing adequate research about costs and regulations beforehand. Your ASC may be able to ask for higher fees if a…

CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.   By AMA standards, an epidurogram is more than visualizing the contrast flow in the spine during and/or after an injection;…

Here are 10 stories that provide guidance and tips on excellent coding practices, featuring insight from a number of billing and coding experts.

ASCs run lean operations and typically can afford to employ only a small office staff to conduct its business office operations. Problems can be created when one or two individuals are entrusted with the ASC's financial health. Due to limited…

AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions, provider of medical billing and practice management services for ASCs, physicians and other healthcare providers, has appointed David M. Barrett, MD, CEO and chairperson of the board of governors of Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Mass., to the…

Surgery centers that choose to keep billing and coding in-house instead of outsourcing should institute a policy of oversight and teamwork, ensuring that mistakes are caught before claims are submitted and physicians, administrators, coders and billers are all involved in…