ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Self employed physicians make more money than employed physicians, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report" for 2023.

ASCs are finding it unsustainable to meet margins as reimbursements lower and operating costs soar. 

As operation costs soar, most healthcare providers are struggling to meet margins. 

Cost savings and convenience are pushing procedures to the ASC setting, according to five leaders who spoke with Becker's ASC Review.

Though value-based care is rising in popularity, it is not yet the industry standard. 

Sixty-five percent of physicians plan to continue treating Medicare and Medicaid patients as well as take on new ones, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report 2023."

Congress has introduced a bill that would tie the Medicare physician pay schedule to the Medicare economic index. 

A Houston-based pain management physician and clinic office manager were convicted for operating a clinic that prescribed more than 600,000 opioids for cash, the Justice Department said April 12. 

Some ASC markets are seeing the rise of super-specialized ASCs — ASCs that offer a single subspecialty that allows physicians and staff to master their surgery line. 

Becker's has reported on three payer and health system splits so far in 2023.