Member Focus

Member Focus invites ASCA members to express their views on key ASC issues. Share your perspective with your colleagues and get to know your peers in the ASC community.

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Is your facility billing for non-opioid alternatives? Any words of advice to others?
Do you have a different time frame for H&Ps from the 30-day window? What criteria did you use to support making the change?

Questions? Write Sahely Mukerji.

Tammy Rowland, RN

Title: Executive Director
Facility Name: University Orthopaedic Surgery Center
City: Knoxville
State: Tennessee
Length of time your facility has been an ASCA member: Four years

Is your facility billing for non-opioid alternatives? Any words of advice to others?

Following the passage of the NOPAIN Act, we recently began coding and billing for cold therapy units. While several commercial payers have reimbursed these charges, we have not yet received any reimbursement from Medicare.

Do you have a different time frame for H&Ps from the 30-day window? What criteria did you use to support making the change?

We continue to follow the 30-day window for H&Ps at our facility.

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