ASC News

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Angela Mattioda, Sr. Vice President of RCM Solutions & Client Experience Ambulatory surgery centers hoping to achieve a successful year are always well-served by reviewing their surgery center's financial performance from the prior ...

Randy Bishop, President and Chief Executive Officer, Surgical Notes At the start of each year for the past several years, I've written a column where I take a moment to reflect on the previous year's positive developments and ...

By Mandeara Frye, RHIA, CPC, CPMA, CASCC, Senior Director, Coding As of Jan. 1, 2023, CMS implemented 55 new temporary C codes to replace certain service codes and add-on codes. Historically, the use of these add-on codes has not resulted ...