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Archive > July, 2007 Vol. VIII, No. 7

Coding & Billing

The Costs of Converting to APCs

Lolita M. Jones, RHIA, CCS

To go from the nine ASC payment groups you've grown to know and love - or loathe - to Medicare's Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) system, you'll need to transform your business office, a process that could take weeks and easily cost $50,000 for the software, reference materials and training you'll need to make it happen. Here's a look at the tools you should have in place before the new payment system goes into effect, presumably, on Jan. 1.

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