News 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 5 common patient collections mistakes Posted By Surgical Notes || 13-Jul-2018 It wasn't long ago when patient collections were viewed as a minor concern in ASCs. After all, reimbursement was strong, and what patients owed for their care was relatively low. No one wanted to leave a $50 co-pay and $250 deductible ... Read More 7 dos and don'ts of patient collections Posted By Surgical Notes || 25-Jun-2018 Is your ASC struggling with patient collections? If so, you're not alone. As patient financial responsibility has increased over the past several years, with the rise of deductibles and co-pays, so has the challenge of collecting what a ... Read More 8 dos and don'ts to improve coding for cataracts Posted By Surgical Notes || 18-Jun-2018 Correct coding for any surgical service provided in an ASC is critical to ensuring proper reimbursement, reducing denials and avoiding potential compliance issues. One could argue that the stakes are even higher when the service is far and ... Read More 6 tips for effectively communicating patient financial responsibility Posted By Surgical Notes || 13-Jun-2018 With the rapid rise in deductibles and co-pays, coupled with declining reimbursement and increased expenses, ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are under great pressure to collect all the money patients owe for their surgical care. Faced ... Read More 1 2 . . . 5 6 Next 53 Result(s) Page 1 of 6