Caryl Serbin, RN, BSN, LHRM, President and Founder of Serbin Medical Billing, wrote a column for Becker's ASC Review that provides 20 tips that can help ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) improve their efforts to collect from third-party payers.
Guidance covers areas including:
Verification of information accuracy
Electronic claims
Collector goals
Protocol for delinquent payers
Tracking
Documentation
As Caryl notes, "… following these best practices will give you the best chance of receiving accurate reimbursement in a timely manner from your third-party payers."
Access the Becker's ASC Review column here.
Note: View all Serbin Medical Billing articles here.