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Enhancing Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) Services to Meet Growing Customer Demand Alpharetta, Georgia, November 19, 2024 – Surgical Information Systems (“SIS”), the industry leader for business and clinical surgical software for ambulatory ...

Latest guide from surgery center billing leader discusses the qualities ASCs should avoid and look for when outsourcing revenue cycle management. DALLAS – Surgical Notes, a nationwide provider of billing services and revenue cycle ...

New ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes went into effect on Oct. 1, 2024, for fiscal year 2025. Make sure your ASC has updated any software as needed and shared documentation improvement tips with your providers. The following are new codes ASCs ...

Revenue cycle outsourcing is surging in popularity among ASCs. Two of the main reasons why: It's become more difficult to run a successful ASC business office, and it's become much easier for a business office's performance to fall off and ...

Understanding the anatomy of the human body is one of the most important skills for a medical coder. If you browse the different proposed course requirements for institutions offering medical coding classes, you'll find that many either ...

Querying a physician is a common, useful, and sometimes essential way to obtain necessary details for correct ASC coding and complete documentation. However, physician queries can easily slip into the realm of noncompliance. There are ...

One of the most effective ways to strengthen an ASC's revenue cycle performance is by monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) and then acting when KPIs start moving in the wrong direction. Here are five of the most important ASC ...

Angela Mattioda is senior vice president of revenue cycle management solutions and client experience for Surgical Notes. Q: Why do pain blocks represent a good billing opportunity for ASCs? Angela Mattioda: We frequently have new clients ...

On the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association's (ASCA) discussion board, an ASCA member asked for assistance with cataract billing. The question was essentially as follows: "I have a surgeon wondering if he can bill complex cataract ...

Latest guide from ASC billing leader explains how outsourcing revenue cycle management is helping surgery centers combat barriers to profitability. DALLAS – Surgical Notes, a nationwide provider of billing services and revenue cycle ...

Drugs and biologicals are available in both single-use and multi-dose vials/packages. When a single-use vial/package is selected, there are times when not all of the drug or biological is used. The remaining product must be discarded. ...

As surgery centers have increasingly embraced outsourcing their revenue cycle management, the number of ASC billing companies they can choose from has grown. But not all vendors are created equal, and a few characteristics have emerged over ...