Editorials & Publications 64 results found. Viewing page 1 of 7. Go to page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next 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 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 10 Ways Revenue Cycle Outsourcing Helps ASC Growth 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, ... Continue Reading 10 Ambulatory Surgery Center Coding Tips to Know for 2023 By the Surgical Notes Coding Department Coding mistakes can cause a number of problems for ambulatory surgery centers. They lead to increases in denials and wasted time and resources. Downcoding errors can cause ASCs to leave money on the ... Continue Reading ASCs Share 2022 Accomplishments & Lessons Learned, 2023 Goals By Randy Bishop, President and Chief Executive Officer, Surgical Notes The end of 2022 is here, so it's time to reflect on the year that was while looking forward to the year ahead. To learn about the 2022 experiences and 2023 ... Continue Reading ASC RCM Quick Tips: 10 ASC Revenue Cycle Management Steps to Grow Your Bottom Line in 2023 By Angela Mattioda, Sr. Vice President of RCM Solutions & Client Experience Want to make 2023 your ambulatory surgery center's best financial year yet? Take these 10 revenue cycle management (RCM) steps and watch your bottom line ... Continue Reading Eliminate Common ASC Coding and Billing Compliance Issues Follow these steps BY KEN BULOW Noncompliant coding and billing can lead to increased denials, missed reimbursement opportunities and unnecessary refunds. Additionally, poor compliance outcomes harm surgeon and patient satisfaction and ... Continue Reading Achieve Bottom-Line Growth Through Better Managed Care Contracting ASCs interested in billing commercial or private payers may need a managed care contract. The first step to securing a managed care contract is for an ASC to identify those payers in its market that it's interested in contracting with ... Continue Reading 2022 ASC Coding Tips: Improving Integumentary Clinical Documentation (Part II) By Mandeara Frye, RHIA, CPC, CPMA, CASCC, Senior Director, Coding Last month, I shared a series of coding tips focusing on the integumentary system and touching on areas that included skin biopsies, lesion excisions and shaving, wound ... Continue Reading 64 results found. Viewing page 1 of 7. Go to page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next