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ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
The ASC Advocacy Committee (ASCAC) is encouraging CMS to follow recommendations from the ASC and physician community for better alignment of the ASC and HOPD payment systems after CMS issued its 2011 proposed payment rule for the facilities, according to…
Caryl A. Serbin, RN, BSN, LHRM, president and founder of Serbin Surgery Center Billing, suggests following these seven guidelines to help ensure your ASC is successful with its collections efforts.
Joe Zasa, managing partner of ASD Management, an operator of 26 ASCs throughout the United States, discusses five ways ASCs leave money on the table that contribute to their financial struggles.
Here is a list of some of the most common procedure combinations by specialty in ASCs, according to data from Genascis.
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Susan Charkin, MPH, president of Healthcents, an ASC and physician specialty hospital contracting and consulting group, offers the following three reminders for ASCs negotiating contracts.
In today's healthcare environment of increasing costs and shrinking reimbursement, it is imperative that facilities develop strategies that maximize their reimbursement if they are going to survive. Some sample strategies that Regent centers have implemented include negotiating successful contracts with…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the CY 2011 proposed payment rule for hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgery centers. 2011 marks the end of the transition to the revised ASC payment system: This will be the first…
Roanoke (Va.) Orthopaedic Center has three ORs and 18 physician-investors. T.K. Miller, MD, president and medical director of the facility, offers five successful approaches to negotiating payor contacts in a market where overall volume is not growing and everyone wants…