News Not outsourcing revenue cycle management? 6 hidden benefits high-performing ASCs may overlook Posted By Surgical Notes || 29-Nov-2018 If your ASC can pay its bills on time, make regular distributions to its owners, and afford the occasional capital investment that helps drive growth, congratulations! Many ASCs struggle to accomplish one or more of these indicators of ... Read More New payment option for patients: 8 things to know about healthcare installment loans Posted By Surgical Notes || 29-Nov-2018 If you have worked in an ASC over the past several years, one trend that has been hard to miss is the shift of financial responsibility from payers to patients. Depending upon the procedure, patients may now be expected to cover hundreds to ... Read More ASC budgeting season is here: Focus on these 7 areas Posted By Surgical Notes || 13-Nov-2018 As we approach the end of the year, ASCs should already be working on their budget for 2019 or at least planning to begin soon. A good starting point when designing a budget is to evaluate the current year's budget. Determine where ... Read More ASC patient financial responsibility: Analyzing the statistics Posted By Surgical Notes || 22-Oct-2018 For the last several years, ASCs — like nearly all healthcare providers — have witnessed firsthand a growing shift in the responsibility for payment of services from payers to consumers. This has created numerous obstacles for ... Read More Surgical Notes Invites Becker's ASC Meeting Attendees to Spin Their Way to a Healthier Revenue Cycle Posted By Surgical Notes || 10-Oct-2018 Surgical Notes, a nationwide provider of revenue cycle services and solutions for the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) and surgical hospital markets, is inviting attendees of the Becker's ASC 25th Annual Meeting: The Business and ... Read More 5 areas of focus for ASC revenue cycle improvement Posted By Surgical Notes || 9-Oct-2018 Looking to give your ASC's bottom line a jolt? An evaluation of any of your center's revenue cycle functions could provide valuable insight into opportunities to make positive changes. Acting upon deficiencies will help achieve ... Read More 3 ways patient financing improves patient satisfaction Posted By Surgical Notes || 21-Sep-2018 It's never been easy to be a surgical patient. First, there's the anxiety related to undergoing a procedure. Even for routine, outpatient surgical care, there are always safety risks. Then, there are all the other stressful — ... Read More What is an ASC revenue cycle assessment: 10 things to know Posted By Surgical Notes || 15-Aug-2018 Denials and poor follow-up processes. Charge entry errors. Accounts receivable (A/R) days well above industry standards. High self-pay balances. Failure to negotiate or load payor contracts. Incomplete operative notes. What do these issues ... Read More 4 ways patient financing accelerates the ASC revenue cycle Posted By Surgical Notes || 1-Aug-2018 Patient financial responsibility has surged in recent years. As a recent TransUnion Healthcare analysis notes, patients in 2017 were responsible for 12.2% of their total healthcare bill in the first quarter of 2017. This compares with just ... Read More 10 things to know about ASC coding audits Posted By Surgical Notes || 19-Jul-2018 A coding audit is critical to helping ensure ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) receive appropriate payment for services provided to patients. This process, which is a review of codes submitted to payers and the comparison of those codes ... Read More 1 2 . . . 5 6 Next 57 Result(s) Page 1 of 6