As of 2023, nearly half of U.S. hospital and health systems have at least one partnership, affiliation, or ownership interest in ASCs. Reports from industry publications indicate ASCs are becoming ...

Often, a physician will decide to perform a subchondroplasty during arthroscopic joint surgery to treat subchondral bone defects (microfractures). A version of this article was first published April 1 ...

According to Lolita M. Jones, RHIA, CCS, a consultant specializing in ASC and hospital outpatient coding, billing, reimbursement and operations, when patients come in for arthroscopic shoulder surgery ...

A new study suggests "upcoding" practices are growing across outpatient service lines. The report, compiled by researchers at Trilliant Health, found that the share of visits that were coded at higher ...

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