tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 15

ASC Additions Spell Financial Pain For Physicians

More Medicare Coverage Means Less Money In Some Cases Now that the new list of ambulatory surgery center codes has taken effect as of July 1, some physicians with ties to ASCs are feeling a new kind of pain.   There are two reasons why you might be losing money due to the new list of codes covered for use in ASCs:    Private payor massacre. The fees for many procedures in ASCs are so low that it's hard to perform them and break even. This loses people money if they try to bill Medicare for these new...

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