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By Mandeara Frye, RHIA, CPC, CPMA, CASCC, Director of Coding The breast reconstruction CPTs went through some pretty big changes this year. It’s important to make sure your surgeons, coders, billers, and authorization/scheduling staff ...

By Angela Mattioda, Vice President of Revenue Cycle Management Services In this quick tips piece, I discuss in-network payment accuracy and provide an update and guidance concerning Medicare sequestration. In-Network Payments Experiencing ...

By Angela Mattioda, Vice President of Revenue Cycle Management Services UPDATE: The suspension of Medicare sequestration has officially been extended through the end of 2021. Learn more here. In April 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and ...

By Mandeara Frye, RHIA, CPC, CPMA, CASCC, Director of Coding Each winter, the Surgical Notes coding leadership team begins preparing for the CPT changes that will go into effect in the new year. This is also a worthwhile best practice for ...

From left to right: Brad Sission M.D., Theodore Stringer M.D., Jeff Moody M.D., Nathan Lamborn M.D., Stan Anderson, Rebecca Craig, Rep. Doug Lamborn, Jeff Blankinship, Mike Urban M.D. Colorado physicians and administrators from the ASC ...

Here are 101 ASC benchmarks on operational, financial, revenue cycle and quality benchmarks gathered from several sources across the industry from Becker's ASC Review. https://www.beckersasc.com/101-asc-benchmarks-to-know-2017.html

What challenges and opportunities do ASCs face today? Click the following link to read an article from Becker's ASC Review where Scott Becker, partner of McGuireWoods, shares his observations on the current state of the ASC industry. ...

At Surgical Notes, we want to provide you with relevant and timely industry information. We came across this very insightful article from Outpatient Surgery Magazine and thought our followers would be interested as well. Surgery centers ...