Why Leading ASCs Treat Denial Management as an EBITDA Protection Strategy

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For many Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs), denial management has traditionally been viewed as a back-office billing task. Claims were denied, staff corrected errors, appeals were submitted, and payments were eventually collected. In 2026, however, leading surgery centers are treating denial management very differently. They now view it as a direct EBITDA protection strategy that influences profitability, cash flow, valuation, and long-term growth. This shift is occurring because denial-related revenue loss extends far beyond unpaid claims. Every denied claim creates additional labor expense, delays cash flow, increases accounts receivable (AR), consumes management time, and reduces operating margin. When denial rates rise, EBITDA can decline even if surgical volume remains strong. As reimbursement pressure increases, more ASCs are investing in specialized ASC Billing Services , comprehensive medical billing services , advanced RCM services , and proactive Revenue Integrity programs ...
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Medical Coding and Billing Changes for Family Practice in 2015

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The CPT 2015 will have approximately 550 new, revised, or deleted codes. It will also include revised guidelines and terminologies. These changes will affect family medicine physicians, cardiologists, radiologists, and internal medicine practitioners too. Similar to other medical specialties, family medicine will have to gear up for dozens of new and revised vaccine codes in 2015. It will include additions of 90630 and 90654 codes for flu immunizations. Our Family Practice billing services team can provide you with high-quality and error-free patient demographic and Family Practice charge entry services.

The 2015 coding changes will alter the way family medicine practices report vaccinations, chronic care management services, and arthrocentesis (joint aspiration). Some descriptor changes to old codes will also affect this medical specialty.

Coding Changes for Family Practice Medicine Practitioners

Family medicine providers need to take CPT coding changes into serious consideration if they want to make the most of their reimbursement opportunities. Here are some of the CPT 2015 code revisions, deletions, and additions that will affect family medicine practitioners in the next year.

Two new vaccine codes will be added in 2015, just like it was done in 2014. These two new codes and descriptor changes for vaccination will include:

  • 90630 – Influenza virus vaccine, quadrivalent (IIV4), split virus, preservative free, for intradermal use
  • 90651 – Human Papillomavirus vaccine types 6, 11, 16, 18, 31, 33, 45, 52, 58 nonavalent (HPV), 3 dose schedule, for intramuscular use

The addition of these two codes has been announced by the CMS; however, the FDA is yet to approve them. The codes 90654, 90734, 90721, and 90723 will go through descriptor changes. These codes had been primarily revised for distinguishing the existing codes from new ones that are to appear in 2015.

Apart from these coding changes, new CPT codes will be added for arthrocentesis. The new codes for the joint aspiration are 20604, 20611, and 20606. These codes need to be reported by the family physicians when they perform procedures that involve ultrasound guidance.

For instance, 20600 will have to be used when a procedure is performed without ultrasound guidance and 20604 needs to be used when ultrasound guidance is used with permanent reporting and recording. Some ‘arthrocentesis’ codes will also go through description changes such as 20600, 20610, and 20605.

These are some of the scheduled CPT code changes for 2015. If family medicine physicians fail to update their coding with the above-mentioned requirements, they will have to face claims denials effective from January 01, 2015.

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