Ascend RCM

Ascend RCM is a California-based revenue cycle management company serving healthcare practices across the United States. With over 10 years of market experience and a team of more than 300 certified staff, the company provides end-to-end medical billing, coding, and RCM services across multiple medical specialties including orthopedics, cardiology, pediatrics, nephrology, and urgent care.

The company reports processing over 1 million successful claims with a claimed value exceeding $500 million, maintaining a 99% first-pass clean claims rate. Ascend RCM integrates with major EHR and practice management systems including AdvancedMD, Allscripts, Cerner, eClinicalWorks, Kareo, and NextGen. Their service portfolio includes patient eligibility verification, claims processing, AR analysis and denial management, credentialing services, and medical transcription.

Ascend RCM holds HIPAA compliance and ISO 27001 certifications and offers 24/7 support with a reported 48-hour turnaround time. The company provides a 15-day free trial with no setup costs and operates on a performance-based pricing model tied to revenue generated.

Healthcare practices should consider Ascend RCM when they need a mature, established RCM partner with proven multi-specialty expertise and robust EHR integrations. The company's performance-based pricing eliminates upfront financial risk, while their documented 99% clean claims rate and 48-hour turnaround time address common pain points around denial management and cash flow delays.

The 15-day trial period allows practices to assess compatibility without contractual commitment, and their 24/7 support model suits practices requiring after-hours billing assistance or rapid issue resolution.

Ascend RCM serves exclusively healthcare clients with specialty-specific billing workflows tailored to orthopedics, cardiology, nephrology, urgent care, pediatrics, pain management, anesthesiology, family medicine, emergency medicine, dermatology, and gastroenterology. The company maintains HIPAA compliance and ISO 27001 certification, addressing healthcare-specific regulatory requirements.

Their services span the complete healthcare revenue cycle including insurance eligibility verification, medical coding, claims submission, denial management, and provider credentialing—all critical healthcare-specific functions requiring specialized knowledge of payer requirements and medical coding standards.

Medical practices with 1-50 providers across specialties like orthopedics, cardiology, nephrology, pediatrics, or urgent care experiencing claim denial rates above industry average or administrative bottlenecks. Practices using established EHR systems seeking to reduce in-house billing overhead while maintaining HIPAA compliance and improving collections velocity.