ASC Consulting Services

Assisting leadership in preparing for AAAHC and/or CMS accreditation, and identifying key areas that could lead to a negative survey outcome. This includes assessing your center's survey readiness, compliance with:

• Administrative services
• Anesthesia services
• Clinical records & HIM
• Governance (i.e. physician credentialing, peer review)
• Infection prevention & control
• Nursing services
• Patient rights & responsibilities
• Quality management & improvement
• Safety and risk management
• Surgical services

Assisting leadership in starting or expanding your ASC and providing expertise in developing and/or implementing your center's plan. This includes:

• Space planning
• Vendor negotiation and contracting
• Purchasing equipment and supplies
• Payer contracting and credentialing
• Policy development
• Leadership development
• Licensure 
• Accreditation
• CMS enrollment 
• ASC surgery software implementation

Assisting leadership in assessing and identifying opportunities for streamlining and refining operations in accordance with industry standard and key performance indicators. The areas of focus may include the following:

• Contract analysis
• Business office operations
• Budgeting
• Governance 
• Provider credentialing
• Human resources 

Assisting leadership in assessing and identifying opportunities for enhancing quality care, and physician and staff satisfaction. The areas of focus may include the following:

• Staffing
• Scheduling
• Evaluating service lines
• Materials management
• Peer review
• Quality outcomes
• Benchmarking

Clinical, revenue cycle and business office leadership services available to your center on an interim basis to allow for continuity of clinical and business practice while you're filling your vacant leadership position. 

Evaluation of ASC revenue cycle practices to include patient eligibility, financial screening, patient and third party collections, coding and charge capture, documentation compliance, and days in A/R.