Blog Posts in 2023

By Mandeara Frye, RHIA, CPC, CPMA, CRC, CASCC, Senior Director, Coding Distal radius fracture treatment coding seems fairly straightforward to most, but with payers cracking down on documentation requirements, it’s worth reviewing the ...

Effective managed care contract negotiation and renegotiation are essential to an ASC's success. A surgery center can do everything right concerning adding surgeons, case selection, hiring staff, investing in equipment, and all the ...

Latest guide identifies and explains key characteristics of top-performing ASC billing companies. DALLAS – Surgical Notes, a nationwide provider of billing services and solutions for the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) and surgical ...

Mandeara Frye, RHIA, CPC, CPMA, CRC, CASCC, Senior Director, Coding As technology advances, we are seeing more and more devices become available that increase patient safety and physician skill while decreasing the need for invasive ...

Booth visitors will learn about the leading ASC revenue cycle solutions and win great prizes. Surgical Notes, a nationwide provider of billing services and solutions for the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) and surgical hospital markets, is ...

When ASCs choose a billing partner, data security usually isn't a reason driving the decision. Rather, it's typically one or more financial objectives (e.g., improving collections, reducing denials, eliminating bad debt and revenue ...

By Mary Reilly, CPC, COC, CASCC, Coding Manager A common practice in otolaryngology (ENT) is to perform multiple endoscopic procedures in one encounter to diagnose and/or treat a condition. The NCCI manual outlines rules for these ...

Sondik brings extensive revenue cycle operations, process improvement, and teambuilding experience to support company growth, elevate client performance, and enhance staff satisfaction DALLAS — Surgical Notes, a nationwide provider of ...

Effective Jan. 1, 2023, CMS made important changes to the colorectal cancer screening (CRC) guidelines. In addition to lowering the minimum age for Medicare-covered CRC from 50 to 45, there was also an important change tied to a colonoscopy ...

There are many initiatives an ASC's leadership can undertake to help grow their center. Among them: recruiting more physicians and staff, investing in capital equipment, expanding the facility's footprint, adding service lines, ...