The Future of Ambulatory Surgery Centers: Predictions and Preparations for 2024
Read our end-of-year review on the state of the ASC industry, highlighting key trends and strategies to enhance efficiency and revenue in 2024.
Efficiency Unleashed: The Transformative Power of Automation in Managing Aging AR Balances for ASCs
Efficient revenue cycle management (RCM) is crucial for all healthcare facilities, particularly ambulatory surgery centers. These facilities’ revenue cycles are uniquely vulnerable to losses. Automation in the healthcare revenue cycle offers a simple, intuitive, and cost-saving approach to ensure your ASC maximizes revenue without burdening your billing team. A vital application of RCM automation is […]
Future-Proofing Your RCM: The Impact of Technology on Medical Billing and Coding
As an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) leader, the most important investment you can make is one that shields your bottom line from revenue losses. What’s the easiest way to do this? One word: technology. A New Era of Billing and Coding If your facility relies on manual billing and coding processes, like most of the […]
Why You Should Stay On Top of Billing KPIs
The first step to reaching any goal is breaking up the process into smaller, more digestible goals. In revenue cycle management, this means setting measurable goals that quantify progress and point out areas for improvement. Analyzing financial health involves more than a quick look at your bottom line. Monitoring these key performance indicators (KPIs) provides […]
Mission-Critical Billing Practices for New ASCs
Opening a new ambulatory surgery center (ASC) is a marathon, not a sprint. Despite the laundry list of to-dos and endless obligations, there is one process that new ASC administrators should place at the top of the list: billing. Without due diligence in each step of the revenue cycle, leadership teams essentially guarantee that money […]
4 Revenue Cycle Management Mistakes to Avoid
It’s no secret that a healthy revenue cycle is the lifeblood of a thriving ambulatory surgery center (ASC). However, proper management is a must for keeping a steady cash flow. Without close supervision in each step, your surgery center can fall prey to common revenue cycle management (RCM) pitfalls that wreak havoc on your bottom […]
Industry Update: 2023 ASC Government Affairs
Are you keeping up to date on new ASC legislation? Staying current on recent and upcoming billing and coding changes can help your ASC maximize reimbursements and avoid unnecessary financial penalties. Full Speed Ahead: Advocating for the Nationwide ASC Community As a member of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA), in2itive is on a mission […]
Insights to Ophthalmology Coding
In recent years, ophthalmology practices within ASC facilities have been steadily increasing. As the speciality has grown, our subject matter experts have gotten to dive more into the world of ophthalmology coding as they navigate the world of cataracts, glaucomas and beyond. In chatting with our Coding Compliance Auditor, Micah, we have some tips – […]
Have You Audited in 2021?
As the year comes to a close, businesses are working to best prepare themselves for 2022. From budget planning to reviewing 2021 services and so on, we are all looking at how to best set ourselves up for success in the new year. One of the best ways to prepare your ASC as you welcome […]
How Do You Prioritize the Patient Experience?
“If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.” Or, so the saying goes. The medical industry is seeing constant advances in technology and procedures, but some areas of medical care remain antiquated; this can be due to convenience, comfort, or anything in between. We have seen ASCs that still have record rooms filled to the brim […]
