Category: ASC Coding, Billing and Collections

ASCs see post-procedure payer clawbacks intensify

As scrutiny increases on payer prior authorizations, health plans are using a new tactic to disrupt provider cash flows: post-procedure clawbacks.

5 numbers on prior authorizations

Here are five numbers illustrating the effect prior authorization regulations and reform efforts have on healthcare:

Prior authorization denials for outpatient vs. inpatient care

Denials for outpatient care claims jumped 16% in the last three years, while inpatient care claims rose 26%, according to a May 21 report from Kodiak Solutions. 

Medicare site-neutral pay reforms: 5 things ASCs need to know

Some leaders have become increasingly frustrated with hospital outpatient department reimbursements far outpacing ASCs, but there are efforts at the federal level to move toward site-neutral payments. 

UnitedHealthcare prevails in TeamHealth suit: 5 notes

UnitedHealthcare was delivered a win in May in its legal battle with Knoxville, Tenn.-based physician staffing company TeamHealth. 

The outpatient services that lose the most money

Average payments for outpatient burn and wound services were 42.9% below costs across all payers, a May report from the American Hospital Association found.

How ASCs can win with stagnating reimbursements

Matt Kraemer, administrator of Northern Arizona Healthcare in Flagstaff, joined Becker’s  to discuss his team’s strategy in handling the obstacle of rising overhead paired with stagnating ASC reimbursements. 

'Tap dancing the minefield': The consequence of stagnating ASC pay

ASCs nationwide are facing rising operating costs that are outpacing dwindling reimbursements.

The danger of the ASC reimbursement declines

ASCs are struggling to meet margins as procedures continue to migrate to the outpatient setting but reimbursements stagnate. 

3 states move to restrict noncompetes amid the FTCs' looming ban

The Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 on April 23 to ban on noncompete clauses for most U.S. workers, and several states have since made moves to restrict noncompetes at the state level.