Enterprise Outsourcing for ASC Networks and Multi-Site Surgery Centers
Surgery center BPO built for ASC networks, physician-owned surgical groups, and PE-backed ASC platforms. A remote, AI-Powered team that runs as an extension of your in-house operations across every surgery center: surgical prior authorization, out-of-network negotiation, ASC billing, and complex case coding. One BAA. One credentialed team. Billed by the hour, not by percent of collections.
Scale every service line without scaling headcount.
Trained specialists handle the queues inside your existing software, end to end.
One outsourcing partner for every surgery center in your ASC network
What is ASC network outsourcing?
ASC network outsourcing is the practice of moving the administrative back office of multiple ambulatory surgery centers, surgical prior authorization, out-of-network negotiation, ASC billing, and complex surgical coding, to one external team under a single Business Associate Agreement, instead of staffing each center separately.
It lets multi-site and PE-backed surgery center groups standardize operations and scale across locations without adding administrative headcount at every center.
Staffingly is the AI-Powered, HIPAA Compliant surgery center BPO and ambulatory surgery center outsourcing partner for ASC networks, physician-owned surgical groups, and PE-backed ASC platforms. One remote, credentialed virtual team handles surgical prior authorization, out-of-network negotiation, ASC billing and charge entry, complex surgical case coding, insurance verification, credentialing, and pre-op intake across every surgery center. One BAA covers all centers.
Our specialists work inside the systems your surgery centers already run, including HST Pathways and Surgical Information Systems for scheduling and case management, Provation for op-note documentation, Waystar for claims and clearinghouse work, plus Teams and Outlook for communication. Every engagement starts with a 2-Week Risk-Free Pilot, BAA Signed, on your highest-volume center before we expand network-wide.
Why ASC networks and surgery center groups are running out of back-office capacity
CMS, Change Healthcare, and 2026 industry benchmarks show the pressure compounding across every surgery center. Every ASC administrator sees these numbers in the weekly scorecard.
The new CMS ASC prior authorization demonstration adds work overnight
CMS launched a five-year prior authorization demonstration across 10 states (Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas). Requests began January 5, 2026 for dates of service on or after January 19, and February 2 for the second wave.
Five categories now need pre-auth: blepharoplasty (CPT 15820 to 15823), botulinum toxin injections, panniculectomy, rhinoplasty, and vein ablation (CPT 36473 to 36483). Procedures that needed no Medicare pre-auth now do.
Surgical PA is high-dollar and every payer treats it differently
A single denied authorization on an orthopedic, spine, or vascular case can put thousands of dollars at risk per date of service. Each payer carries its own clinical criteria, its own portal, and its own peer-to-peer rules.
A multi-site orthopedic and pain surgery group running spinal and epidural injection authorizations has to track all of it by center, and internal staff burn hours per case doing it.
Out-of-network exposure and No Surprises Act IDR
The No Surprises Act applies to care at ASCs. Out-of-network underpayments move through federal Independent Dispute Resolution, a binary baseball-style process where the arbiter must pick one party’s offer.
There are 30 business days of open negotiation, then 4 business days to initiate IDR. Some payers are tightening facility OON policies in 2026, and missing the IDR window forfeits the recovery.
Complex multi-procedure coding underpays you when it is wrong
Same-session procedures use the 100/50/50 methodology: the highest-valued procedure pays at 100 percent, additional procedures at 50 percent.
Medicare does not require modifier 51 on ASC facility claims, but modifier 59 and the X{EPSU} modifiers must be applied correctly where NCCI edits apply. All same-session codes must go on one claim, sequenced highest-value first, or the center is underpaid on every multi-procedure case.
Multi-site, multi-state fragmentation across every center
Each surgery center in a network carries its own payer mix, its own block schedule, and its own state Medicaid Managed Care rules. After an acquisition, a network can be running four or five platforms at once.
Without a per-center playbook, eligibility quirks and prior auth triggers slip through, and the board sees the gaps only after the denials land.
Denial and clean-claim pressure keeps rising
Prior authorization issues caused nearly 25 percent of all initial claim denials in 2024, per Change Healthcare. Industry ASC benchmarks call for a denial rate below 5 percent, a clean claim rate above 95 percent, and days in AR under 35.
When a network sits above those thresholds across multiple centers, the cash impact compounds fast.
Tell us what you need. A named director replies within one business day.
Send us one workflow or your whole back office. We scope it, price it by the hour, and keep you month-to-month. No long-term lock-ins, no revenue share.
- Named director, one business day response
- HIPAA-compliant, SOC 2 Type II, BAA signed
- US-based oversight, billed by the hour
- 2-Week Risk-Free Pilot to prove the work first
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Every back-office function across your ASC network, in one team
Pods plug into your network operating model and bill through your master agreement. Each pod is staffed by AAPC-credentialed surgical coders and overseas-licensed and educated healthcare professionals trained on ambulatory surgery center workflows.
What makes our ASC back office different
Generalist billers do not know surgical workflow. Generalist BPOs cannot scale across a multi-state network. Legacy RCM outsourcers lock you into 7-year contracts, percent-of-collections pricing, and never touch surgical PA or out-of-network negotiation. We sit between all three.
AI-first stack built on surgical workflows
Our stack runs surgical prior authorization, eligibility, charge capture, and denial analysis through surgery-center-trained automation backed by AAPC-credentialed coders who handle multi-procedure sequencing and modifier 59 or X{EPSU} edits.
Not an AI demo bolted onto a call center. Production AI inside live surgical operations today.
One BAA across every surgery center
One Business Associate Agreement at the ASC network level with a schedule of covered surgery centers. New centers added through addendum, not a fresh BAA. SOC 2 Type II audited, HITRUST-aligned, ISO 27001-aligned. Signed before pilot.
The full stack no billing-only vendor sells
Every billing-only competitor sells claims and denial management. None sell surgical prior authorization, out-of-network negotiation with No Surprises Act IDR support, and complex multi-procedure coding under one BAA.
We do, across every center in the network, with one weekly scorecard rolling it all up.
Staffingly vs. a typical RCM/billing vendor vs. a generalist BPO
ASC networks have specific back-office needs that fall through the cracks of billing-only RCM vendors and generalist offshoring firms alike.
From contract to network-wide go-live
Most ASC networks are running on their highest-volume surgery center inside two weeks and expanding network-wide inside 45 days.
Day 1: BAA + scope per center
Master Business Associate Agreement signed at the ASC network level. Covered-surgery-center schedule attached. Per-center scope exhibit signed for each center in the initial wave. DocuSign turnaround typically 48 hours.
Day 7: Pilot live on highest-volume center
The 2-Week Risk-Free Pilot, BAA Signed begins on the surgery center with the highest surgical PA, OON, billing, or AR volume. Real work, real authorizations, real EHR. Dedicated lead assigned. Daily End-of-Day report to the network administrator begins.
Day 14: Review + network-wide expansion
Pilot scorecard reviewed with the network. Surgical PA approval rate, clean claim rate, days in AR, denial recovery, OON recoveries. Approved engagements expand to additional surgery centers on a rolling schedule until network-wide go-live around day 45.
What your network administrator sees the Staffingly team handle
A real day across a multi-state ambulatory surgery center network supporting single-specialty and multi-specialty surgical centers. 6am ET to 11pm ET coverage.
A representative ASC network engagement.
What our ASC network partners typically see.
Results below are typical for a 90-day engagement on a multi-state ASC network. These are typical ranges, not guaranteed. Actual outcomes vary by starting baseline, payer mix, and surgical specialty.
Typical ranges, not guaranteed. Outcomes anonymized from representative ASC engagements. Each network’s starting baseline varies. Figures here represent the typical improvement curve observed during the first 90 to 180 days of a Staffingly engagement, not a promised outcome.
One Flat Weekly Rate. No Surprises.
Dedicated PA & EV specialists at a fixed weekly cost. 45 hours per week, fully managed. No contracts, no minimums, no hidden fees.
We work inside your ASC operating stack
A single ASC network often runs four or five clinical platforms across centers after acquisitions. Our team logs into each one, your way.
If a buyer is comparing ASC outsourcing partners, here is what to remember.
- One BAA covers every surgery center in your network. No per-site renegotiation.
- Surgical prior authorization including the new CMS demonstration categories (blepharoplasty CPT 15820 to 15823, vein ablation CPT 36473 to 36483, and more) across all 10 demo states.
- Out-of-network negotiation plus No Surprises Act IDR support, with the 30-business-day open-negotiation window and 4-business-day IDR deadline managed for you.
- Complex multi-procedure coding with 100/50/50 sequencing and modifier 59 or the X{EPSU} modifiers applied correctly on every same-session claim.
- Works inside HST Pathways, SIS, Provation, Waystar, and any client-proprietary surgical platform.
- AAPC-credentialed surgical coders plus overseas-licensed and educated prior authorization specialists working from secured facilities in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
- 2-Week Risk-Free Pilot, BAA Signed. Weekly per-FTE pricing ($299 to $399 per week per FTE), not percent-of-collections.
| Services | Surgical prior authorization, out-of-network negotiation, ASC billing and charge entry, complex surgical case coding, insurance verification, credentialing, pre-op intake |
|---|---|
| Who it is for | Multi-site and multi-state ASC networks, physician-owned surgery center groups, PE-backed ASC platforms |
| Coverage | Nationwide, including all 10 CMS prior authorization demonstration states |
| Pricing | Flat weekly per FTE ($299 to $399 per week per FTE), not percent of collections |
| Compliance | HIPAA-compliant workflows, SOC 2 Type II, HITRUST-aligned, ISO 27001-aligned, BAA before pilot |
| Platforms | HST Pathways, Surgical Information Systems (SIS), Provation, Waystar, plus client-proprietary surgical systems |
| Pilot | 2-Week Risk-Free Pilot, BAA Signed, on your highest-volume center before network-wide rollout |
ASC leaders ask us these ten questions
What is the CMS prior authorization demonstration for ASC services, and which states does it cover?
CMS launched a five-year prior authorization demonstration for certain ambulatory surgery center services in 10 states: Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas. Prior authorization requests began January 5, 2026 in California, Florida, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Georgia, and New York for dates of service on or after January 19, 2026, then February 2, 2026 in Texas, Arizona, and Ohio for dates of service on or after February 16, 2026. Five procedure categories now need prior auth: blepharoplasty (CPT 15820 to 15823), botulinum toxin injections, panniculectomy, rhinoplasty, and vein ablation (CPT 36473 to 36483). Procedures that historically needed no Medicare pre-auth now do, and our surgical PA pod builds the documentation packet for each one.
Can one BAA cover all the surgery centers in our network?
Yes. We sign a single Business Associate Agreement at the ASC network level with a schedule of covered surgery centers. New centers added mid-engagement are appended through a short addendum, not a fresh BAA. This mirrors the contracting workflow surgery center groups already run with payers and clearinghouses. Staffingly is SOC 2 Type II audited, HITRUST-aligned, and ISO 27001-aligned, and every HIPAA compliance workflow is documented.
How does out-of-network negotiation and No Surprises Act IDR work for an ASC?
The No Surprises Act applies to care delivered at ASCs. When a payer underpays an out-of-network claim, the dispute moves through federal Independent Dispute Resolution, a binary baseball-style process where the arbiter must pick one party’s offer rather than split the difference. There are 30 business days of open negotiation, then 4 business days to initiate IDR. In May 2026 the Departments released the Federal IDR Operations Final Rules to clean up the process. Our team runs the open-negotiation window, prepares the offer with supporting data, and files the IDR initiation on time. Some payers are tightening facility OON policies in 2026, so timely action matters.
How does multi-procedure coding and MPPR work on an ASC claim?
When multiple procedures happen in the same surgical session, payers apply the 100/50/50 methodology: the highest-valued procedure pays at 100 percent and additional procedures pay at 50 percent. Medicare does not require modifier 51 on ASC facility claims because it applies the multiple-procedure reductions through fee-schedule indicators. Modifier 59 and the X{EPSU} modifiers (XE, XS, XP, XU) flag distinct procedural services that share NCCI edits, supported by documentation. All same-session codes must go on one claim, sequenced highest-value first, so the center is not underpaid. Our AAPC-credentialed surgical coders handle this sequencing on every multi-procedure case.
Which ASC CPT codes does your coding team handle?
Our AAPC-credentialed surgical coders work the full ASC code set. High-frequency examples include 66984 (cataract surgery, the single most-reported ASC CPT code at roughly 8.5 percent of ASC charges), 45378 (diagnostic colonoscopy), 29881 (knee arthroscopy with meniscectomy), and 64483 (transforaminal epidural steroid injection, lumbar or sacral). We abstract codes from the operative note, sequence multi-procedure claims highest-value first, and apply modifier 59 or the X{EPSU} modifiers where documentation supports a distinct service.
How do you handle a multi-state ASC network with different Medicaid Managed Care rules per center?
Each surgery center in a network often carries its own payer mix, its own block schedule, and its own state Medicaid Managed Care rules. Our team builds a per-center playbook that captures the eligibility quirks, prior auth triggers, and region-specific Medicaid Managed Care fluency each state requires, then rolls every center up into one weekly network scorecard. Adding a new center is an addendum plus a per-center scope exhibit, not a fresh contract.
What is the pricing model for an ASC network engagement?
Hourly, by the FTE, billed weekly. Three tiers: a single-center tier at $399 per week per FTE, a Full ASC Stack at $349 per week per FTE for 5 or more specialists across surgical PA, OON negotiation, ASC billing, complex coding, IV, and credentialing, and a volume tier at $299 per week per FTE for networks above 25 FTE or PE-backed multi-state ASC platforms. No 7-year contracts, no percent-of-collections pricing, no minimums beyond the 2-Week Risk-Free Pilot, BAA Signed. Estimated cost savings are based on US Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data for surgical coders, billing clerks, and front-office staff.
Can your team work inside the platforms our surgery centers already run?
Yes. Our specialists are fluent across HST Pathways, Surgical Information Systems (SIS), Provation, Simplify ASC, AdvancedMD, Epic, athenahealth, NextGen, Waystar, and Experity. We also operate inside client-proprietary surgical scheduling and EHR tools when a center has built its own. After acquisitions, a single ASC network often runs four or five platforms at once, and our team logs into each one your way. Our overseas-licensed and educated healthcare professionals work from secured facilities in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
Can Staffingly handle prior authorization for our whole surgery center network?
Yes. Our surgical prior authorization pod runs initial authorizations, verification of benefits, peer-to-peer scheduling, and appeal support across every surgery center in the network, including the new CMS demonstration categories such as blepharoplasty and vein ablation. Prior authorization issues caused nearly 25 percent of all initial claim denials in 2024, so we track payer decision-time SLAs by center and surface authorization gaps before the date of service. A multi-site orthopedic and pain surgery group running spinal and epidural injection authorizations is a typical engagement for us.
How fast can you go live across our surgery centers?
We sign the master BAA at the network level, attach a covered-center schedule, and start the 2-Week Risk-Free Pilot, BAA Signed on your highest-volume surgery center. Most ASC networks are live on the pilot center inside two weeks and expanding network-wide inside 45 days. New centers are absorbed through an addendum and a per-center scope exhibit, and the first weekly scorecard a new center appears on includes surgical PA approval rate, clean claim rate, days in AR, and denial recovery from day one of go-live.
Try us. 2-Week Risk-Free Pilot, BAA Signed.
Real surgical PA work, real eligibility checks, real AR follow-up across your highest-volume surgery center. Two weeks. No invoice. If we do not earn the seat, you walk away.
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