Procedural coding errors can lead to lost revenue or unintentional upcoding at ambulatory surgery centers. Stephanie Ellis, RN, CPC, is the president and owner of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Ellis Medical ...

When is the last time your hospital, health system or organization looked at codes and clinical documentation to ensure everything was compliant with law and best practices? If revenue cycle teams are ...

Here are five ambulatory surgery center coding and billing tips from the team at National Medical Billing Services. 1. Use modifiers that meet payor guidelines. Ryan Flesner, direct of A/R for NMBS, ...

A new study suggests "upcoding" practices are growing across outpatient service lines. The report, compiled by researchers at Trilliant Health, found that the share of visits that were coded at higher ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . December 2020 saw CMS finalize a proposal to eliminate the inpatient only list in a 3-year transitional period, ...

An opinion forum on recent news and major policy issues. Have a story suggestion? Let us know. Outpatient surgery centers in California face new regulations and oversight under a brand-new law. After ...