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Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System July 2019 Update

An Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System (ASC PS) update that took effect July 1, 2019, changes billing instructions for various payment policies and codes. Here is what you need to know to properly bill Medicare for these services and supplies. New CPT Category III Codes Effective July 1, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid […]

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Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Coverage Expanded

Physicians are better equipped to correctly diagnose Medicare patients with hypertension thanks to a new national coverage policy. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued, July 2, a final decision memo regarding its national coverage policy for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). For nearly two decades, Medicare coverage for ABPM has been limited […]

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Emergency room vs hospital Ambulatory surgery center

I have a payor who is taking a UB-04 billed with a 270, 450 and 360 and paying it off of an ASC fee schedule.
this is a minor surgical procedure a minor ER visit 99283 surgical 11042. I know according to Texas Medicaid facilities are assigned a HASC number to use when billing as an ASC but I cannot find any other information I do not see that the facilities are billing with anything different then NPI etc….
I do not believe you should take an ED visit and make it ASC.
Can anyone with knowledge of Medicaid help maybe I missed something in the manual that says to apply this way?
thank you

Medical Billing and Coding Forum

Coding for H&P ambulatory for outpatient procedures

I have APP’s at the hospital who do H&P’s for surgeons > 48hours before the surgery that I am billing 99213 for most. I’m having a conversation with someone at the hospital who states we can’t bill for that. If the physician was doing it at his office he would bill for it, so my question is since we are doing this in the hospital setting is this a billable charge?

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Ambulatory Surgery Center

Looking to create a multi specialty ASC in our area. I am reaching out to see if there is anyone out there who is part of one. If so, what specialties and procedures are you performing there? Or if you’re a dedicated specialty in the following areas, Women’s Care, GI, Vascular, can you let me know what specific procedures are done.

Any information would be helpful!

Becky

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Ambulatory Surgery Center

Looking to create a multi specialty ASC in our area. I am reaching out to see if there is anyone out there who is part of one. If so, what specialties and procedures are you performing there? Or if you’re a dedicated specialty in the following areas, Women’s Care, GI, Vascular, can you let me know what specific procedures are done.

Any information would be helpful!

Becky

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Meditech Web Ambulatory EHR

I have been asked to assist a hospital who is a year past the original implementation "Go-Live" date with Meditech (MT) Web Ambulatory. Upon coming on-board as a resource with no previous Meditech knowledge I have found myslef struggling imensley with a multitude of MT’s strategies and standards. My pain points so far are revolved around; (MT) Specialist and lack of valuable training (not just lengthy text driven "best practice" guides), MT Consultants who seem to have their own agenda and only want to train and build the system to bare minimul functionality (making you forced for additonal "optimization" services, which should be basic functionality anyways), CQMs requied or "standard content" workflows, guides and mapping being completely unrealistic, and the lack of any recorded "build" trainings. Not trainings of an already build and functioning system. And dont even get me mentioned on the Priority Packs. After receiving the latest Priority pack and 4 days of trying to figure out validating Nomenclature Mapping for CQM measures and multiple scheduled calls with the Specialist and Consultant I learned we are currenty "Non-Versioned MT" and havent received ANY standard content edits in over 18 months (no one bothered to mention this) I thought to myself, am I on candid camera? This is unacceptable and unlike any other EHR implementation I have ever been apart of. If their is anyone out there with some advice or guidance on MT build, functionality, quality measures education, webinars, tips, tricks, how-to’s, ANYTHING they could provide me or point me towards I would be GREATLY APPRECIATVE!

Also, if their are any other MT Web Amb customers out there who wouldn’t mind sharing their experience or chatting I would love to be able to pick your brain!

Thank you in Advance,

MT Web Amb Rookie

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