ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Two leaders joined Becker's to discuss whether payers are pushing procedures to ASCs and other outpatient settings. 

Payers are increasingly issuing policies that push patients outside of hospital settings, according to Laren Tan, MD, chair of Loma Linda (Calif.) University Health's department of medicine. 

Here are three fast facts on prior authorization:

The Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure and the Board of Pharmacy have issued a joint statement on its compliance rules for ASCs dispensing controlled substances, JDSupra reported Nov. 9. 

ASCs have historically faced obstacles to reimbursements, and ASCs in some markets are seeing increased pressure from payers. 

The Colorado Purchasing Alliance created an initiative that allows employers in the state to negotiate lower prices for healthcare services through a cash incentive, the Kaiser Family Foundation reported Nov. 2.

Three ASC leaders joined Becker's to discuss the financial losses providers are seeing in 2022:

Here are three breakdowns of ASC operating costs to know:

 CMS updated ASC payment rates to 3.8 percent in its 2023 "Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Proposed Rule." 

The Surgery Center of Fort Collins (Colo.) is working on collecting past due bills more than two months after it announced it was closing for good, BizWest reported Oct. 26.