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Big Changes in 2023 for Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs)

Big Changes in 2023 for Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs)

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have created over 50 new C-codes (C7500–C7555) for Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) that affect many procedures. These codes were created to allow additional payment for packaged services for ASCs. This article highlights the new C-codes that affect Cardiology, Interventional Radiology and Electrophysiology.

5 Key Benefits of Auditing to Help Avoid Scary Scenarios

5 Key Benefits of Auditing to Help Avoid Scary Scenarios

Many practitioner audits fall short of best practices. The modern healthcare environment and complex goals for compliance require time, expertise, and attention to detail. Ideally, audits occur at regular intervals and identify incidents and patterns of potential billing and coding risk. There are also some surprising upsides of professional audits that include greater visibility of under-coding.