The entire Ascend Billing Services staff, as well as our affiliates, have received the appropriate HIPPA compliant training and are continually being updated with any compliant modifications.

Billing Service Our Accounts Receivable management team consists of highly trained Insurance Specialists who are equally assigned their own insurance carriers. This allows each of our insurance specialist to track policy changes and develop a strong business relationship with the insurance carriers’ personnel. Our insurance specialist attends individualized insurance carrier seminars to keep up to date on all billing trends. Ascend guarantees its clients that each Workers’ Compensation, Motor Vehicle, and litigated Personal Injury claim shall be handled with the utmost efficiency from verifying each claim to its end result, prompt reimbursement.  Our specialized staff is trained with the necessary knowledge and communication skills in corresponding with all insurance carriers, attorneys and hospital personnel. Our highly skilled Data Entry staff enters each patient’s account with the utmost accuracy and speed allowing each claim to be electronically filed in a timely fashion, again, the end result being prompt reimbursement. Our Team Lead staff audits the insurance specialists ensuring the accurate claim follow up procedures when appealing claims denials and nonpayment and audits the data entry staff ensuring accurate demographics and insurance information. Ascend Billing Services strives to enter all chart data correctly from the beginning resulting in no contestable prompt receivables. To Guarantee our clients prompt reimbursement, Ascend’s Payment Posting staff enters receivables daily and balances daily thereby avoiding any end-of-month miscalculations.  Our experienced staff is knowledgeable in posting EOB’s and other documentation to reduce posting errors.

Pre-Collection Service Our experienced Pre-Collection staff guarantees our clients that each past due account is handled with the highest level of confidentiality.  Realizing that each past due account has its own financial situation, they are evaluated individually to determine which payment plan option is best suited for the debtor and for the physicians’ revenue.

Coding Service Ascends’ Coding Staff is CPC (Certified Professional Coder) certified (renewed yearly) and proficient with CPT, ICD9, andHCPCS Level II.  Our coders constantly seek educational opportunities and continually update code changes.  They audit the physician’s documentations to further educate the physicians on coding guidelines and prepare a monthly report on up coding and down coding. Our In-House Coding Assistant keeps track of patient’s charts when comparing received medical data with the Physician’s schedule and/or patient’s sign in log thereby eliminating any loss revenue. Ascend’s Chief Medical officer educates new physicians in coding.  In short, our goal is maximal compliant revenue and maximize reimbursement.

Workers’ Compensation Claims - Motor Vehicle Accidents - Slip and Fall Injuries Ascend guarantees its client(s) that each Workers’ Compensation, Motor Vehicle Accident and personal injury claim (slip and fall injury) will be handled with the utmost efficiency from verifying each claim to its end result, receiving the money.  Our specialized staff is trained with the necessary knowledge and communication skills in corresponding with all insurance carriers, attorneys, hospital personnel and ABS clientele. This specialized department offers the most up to date information of any given state’s Workers’ Compensation Rules and Regulations and Fee Schedules, auto tort laws and expertise with litigated claims at any level.  We believe that a claim must be filed efficiently from the beginning without error allowing claims to be paid within a timely manner.

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