Legal update: It's not easy to deep-six deadwood docs. Forcing out lower-producing physician-owners is fraught with risk.

Coding & Billing: How Much Are You Leaving on the Table? A busy surgical center shares 4 tips to collect all that's rightfully yours.

Find value in value analysis. Cost-justifying new purchases is essential in today's surgical economy.

Coding & billing: The absurdity of the ASC payment system. Why does Medicare pay surgical centers 50% of what hospitals receive?

Streamline room turnover. How to ready your ORs faster -- consistently, completely and without cutting corners.

Coding & billing: Coding pain procedures with precision. Expert advice for getting paid for epidural injections.

ORX panel: Why you should post your prices online.

Coding & billing: Are you leaving money on the table? Conduct an in-house claims audit to find out.

Coding & billing: Medicare's 2017 outpatient payment update. How the proposed reimbursement changes could impact your facility.

Coding &'Billing: ICD-10 grace period is nearly over. Come October, you can expect to see a resurgence in claim denials.

ASCs and HOPDs see slight hikes under CMS's proposal. The rule also includes clarifications on the site-neutral payment provision set to take effect in 2017.

Coding & Billing: Collecting co-pays on the day of surgery. 6 keys to an effective patient collections program.

UnitedHealthcare accused of withholding payments to Indiana ASCs. The insurer says it's merely recouping past overpayments.

Helping patients finance their surgery. Don't get stuck holding the bag when patients need surgery but can't afford their deductibles.

7 creative ways to cut your case costs. Smart, simple ideas that save my facility between $50,000 and $100,000 a year.

Coding & Billing: ICD-10-CM external cause codes say it all. These add-on codes add more detail to your claims.

Coding & Billing: When payers demand refunds and takebacks. Strategies to fight back and protect what's rightfully yours.

Coding & Billing: 6 strategies to get your claims paid correctly. Don't let minor errors in coding, registration or billing trip you up.

Coding & Billing: Do your surgeons and coders work in sync? Tips to get your docs engaged with the business side of surgery.

CMS's bundled payments offer false hope. Medicare's laudable efforts to control expenses won't do nearly enough.