Facility fees have become a controversial component of the reimbursement structure for ASCs as some advocates say they disincentivize patients from utilizing lower cost settings for surgical ...

Often, a physician will decide to perform a subchondroplasty during arthroscopic joint surgery to treat subchondral bone defects (microfractures). A version of this article was first published April 1 ...

According to Lolita M. Jones, RHIA, CCS, a consultant specializing in ASC and hospital outpatient coding, billing, reimbursement and operations, when patients come in for arthroscopic shoulder surgery ...

Some of these codes will be available for use as early as July 1. Over the last few months CMS has been releasing procedure codes for your revenue cycle teams, both for inpatients and outpatients. For ...

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