Prominent Ambulatory Surgery Center Medical Billing Functions are Affecting Your Practice Revenue
                     
Prominent Ambulatory Surgery Center Medical Billing Functions 
are Affecting Your Practice Revenue
Compliance guidelines that govern the Ambulatory Surgery Center’s reimbursement are wide-ranging, 
complex, and ever-changing. Hence, it’s important for ASCs to hire or partner with Ambulatory Surgery Center 
medical billing and coding management consultants who understand the legal rules placed on ASCs, including 
specialized coding, accreditation, documentation, and reimbursement care contracts.
Here are Prominent Ambulatory Surgery Center Medical Billing Functions are Affecting 
Your Practice Revenue
The Rise in the Number of Accounts Receivable (AR) Days
AR basically refers to the average number of days that an ASC takes to collect payments for the services 
provided. Days in AR are one of the main methods that ASCs use to measure their financial performance. The 
factors impacting the AR days are procedure scheduling, patient pre-registration, insurance verification, patient 
financial counseling, patient payment plans, and patient collections. An important tip here would be setting up 
a patient financing solution that pays within just a few days of the service provided which can reduce days in 
A/R.
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Prominent Ambulatory Surgery Center Medical Billing Functions 
are Affecting Your Practice Revenue
Surgery Cancellations
Surgery cancellations have always been a major cause of concern for ASCs. Facing high out-of-pocket costs for a 
certain surgery, many patients whose surgery is canceled, may not rearrange as they think that would incur 
more expense. Same-day cancellations of a scheduled surgery have a tangible, negative impact on your 
facility’s bottom line. Another suggested strategy is implementing patient financing options. Providing a 
secured loan to patients to cover their surgical costs can reduce cancellations, grow surgery numbers, lower AR 
days, and increase cash flow.
Surprise Billing is a National Problem
It has become common for patients to receive extra bills from out-of-network providers. This is even after they 
have settled their copays and deductibles. Remember that surprise billing is a national problem and many 
states in the USA have passed laws to curb this practice. We as a dedicated ASC medical billing and coding
 organization caution that providers operating in these states should understand the laws to avoid lawsuits. 
ASCs should also be wary of surprise billing or risk losing patients.
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Prominent Ambulatory Surgery Center Medical Billing Functions 
are Affecting Your Practice Revenue
A Recent Report Offers the Following Tips:
• Breakthrough narrow networks by letting the payer know why it is good for them to have the surgical center 
in their network. Highlight unique service benefits, geographic advantages, clinical/treatment benefits, and 
out-of-network patient counts and referrals.
• Think of blending direct commercial payer agreements and both primary and secondary complementary 
payer agreements.
• Put emphasis on any concerns about the contracts’ language.
• Analyze the contracts periodically to keep track of alterations and contract expiry dates.
MBC is a leading revenue cycle management company providing complete medical billing and coding services. 
We have a team of certified coders and billers who are well-versed in ASC Medical Billing and Coding. By 
outsourcing your coding and billing needs to us, you can focus on providing high-quality patient care while 
leaving the administrative tasks to the experts. To learn more about MBC and experience working with ASC 
Medical Billing and Coding Practices, contact MBC today at [email protected]/ 888-357-3226.
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