ASC News 47 results found. Viewing page 1 of 5. Go to page 1 2 3 4 5 Next 2023 ASC Coding Tips: Distal Radius Fractures 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 ... Continue Reading How to Best Position Your ASC for Managed Care Contract Negotiation Success 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 ... Continue Reading Surgical Notes Releases E-Book on ASC Billing Company Differentiators 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 ... Continue Reading 2023 ASC Coding Tips: The Impact Devices Have on Coding 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 ... Continue Reading The Importance of Security When Outsourcing Your ASC Billing 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 ... Continue Reading 2023 ASC Coding Tips: Correct Reporting of Respiratory Endoscopic Procedures 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 ... Continue Reading 2023 Coding Updates: CMS Screening Colonoscopy Changes 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 ... Continue Reading Reviewing Your ASC's 2022 Performance: 10 Areas of Focus 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 ... Continue Reading Looking back at 2022: ASCs further cement outpatient surgical position 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 ... Continue Reading 2023 CPT Updates: CMS Complexity Adjustment Code Combinations 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 ... Continue Reading 47 results found. Viewing page 1 of 5. Go to page 1 2 3 4 5 Next