News 2023 ICD-10-CM Changes: What ASCs Need to Know Posted By Surgical Notes || 20-Sep-2022 By Mandeara Frye, RHIA, CPC, CPMA, CASCC, Senior Director, Coding New diagnosis codes go into effect on Oct. 1, 2022, for fiscal year (FY) 2023. Make sure your ASC is ready for the changes by updating any software as needed and sharing ... Read More 2022 ASC Coding Tips: Improving Orthopedic Clinical Documentation Posted By Surgical Notes || 29-Aug-2022 By Kris Brown, RHIT, CPC, CPMA, CASCC, Senior Coding Manager Missing information in an operative report is a common cause of billing delays. If the documentation needed for coding is missing or unclear, the coder must initiate a physician ... Read More ASC RCM Quick Tips: Improve 4 Overlooked Elements of the ASC Revenue Cycle Posted By Surgical Notes || 24-Aug-2022 By Angela Mattioda, Sr. Vice President of RCM Solutions & Client Experience The complete ASC revenue cycle is comprised of numerous functions. These include everything from insurance verification and dictation to coding, claim ... Read More Surgical Notes Supports ESG Program With CareerSpring Partnership Posted By Surgical Notes || 13-Jul-2022 Collaboration supports Surgical Notes' commitment to addressing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues DALLAS — Surgical Notes, a nationwide provider of billing services and solutions for the ambulatory surgery center ... Read More Surgical Notes Promotes ASC Industry Veteran Don Callender Posted By Surgical Notes || 29-Jun-2022 As vice president of strategic accounts, Callender will focus on developing and maintaining executive-level relationships within the company's strategic accounts. Surgical Notes, a nationwide provider of billing services and solutions ... Read More 2022 ASC Coding Tips: Pain Neuromodulation Documentation Improvements Posted By Surgical Notes || 15-Jun-2022 By Mary Reilly, CPC, COC, CASCC, Coding Manager Pain neuromodulation is the use of electrical therapies to treat pain. These procedures typically have limited insurance coverage criteria and use specific and expensive implants. Making sure ... Read More Eliminate Common ASC Coding and Billing Compliance Issues Posted By Surgical Notes || 13-Jun-2022 Follow these steps BY KEN BULOW Noncompliant coding and billing can lead to increased denials, missed reimbursement opportunities and unnecessary refunds. Additionally, poor compliance outcomes harm surgeon and patient satisfaction and ... Read More ASC RCM Quick Tips: Denials and Appeals Posted By Surgical Notes || 13-Jun-2022 By Angela Mattioda, Sr. Vice President of RCM Solutions & Client Experience There are few consistencies in life, but one of them, unfortunately, is that payers are going to deny ASC claims. Whether ASCs have optimized their internal ... Read More Achieve Bottom-Line Growth Through Better Managed Care Contracting Posted By Surgical Notes || 25-May-2022 ASCs interested in billing commercial or private payers may need a managed care contract. The first step to securing a managed care contract is for an ASC to identify those payers in its market that it's interested in contracting with ... Read More 2022 ASC Coding Tips: Improving Integumentary Clinical Documentation (Part II) Posted By Surgical Notes || 18-May-2022 By Mandeara Frye, RHIA, CPC, CPMA, CASCC, Senior Director, Coding Last month, I shared a series of coding tips focusing on the integumentary system and touching on areas that included skin biopsies, lesion excisions and shaving, wound ... Read More 1 2 . . . 13 14 Next 131 Result(s) Page 1 of 14