The Department of Health & Human Services has moved the implementation date of ICD-10-CM back two years, from Oct. 1, 2011, to Oct. 1, 2013, according to an AAPC report.
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
Michael Storch, national client representative for Mnet Financial Collection Agency, suggests the following five inexpensive ways you can improve your ASC's collections.
Caryl A. Serbin, RN, BSN, LHRM, president and founder of Serbin Surgery Center Billing, suggests following these seven guidelines to improve your payor contracts.
An American Medical Association survey found private payors inaccurately process one in five medical claims, according to an AMA release.
Brent Lambert, MD, is president and owner of Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America.Q: We recently hired a new staff member to post our ASC's payments and we're seeing a decline in the amount captured. What might be the cause of…
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Executive SummaryThere is no more controversial issue in the outpatient market today than out-of-network billing. It is important to understand the risks as well as the benefits for your ambulatory surgery center (ASC). This is particularly true given the dramatic…
April Sackos, director of business office operations for Meridian Surgical Partners, shares two pieces of advice to help an ASC maintain a good collections process.
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Kevin Dowdy, director of managed care for Meridian Surgical Partners, shares three tactics to improve your chances at successful managed care contract negotiations, and one you should avoid.
Many orthopedics procedures, especially shoulder and knee surgeries, often require a pain block to manage the patients' pain postoperatively. However, these claims are some of the most commonly denied in ASCs on the first pass, often due to payor issues…