ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

In 2020, claim volume changes, as well as an increase in uninsured patients, have caused ripple effects through the emergency medicine community.

The COVID-19 pandemic has made proactive revenue cycle management and cash flow top priorities for ASCs, according to Regent Revenue Cycle Management, an independent division of Westchester, Ill.-based Regent Surgical Health.

We have all heard the famous but unattributable quote, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

  America's Health Insurance Plans, a health insurance lobby, submitted comments on a CMS proposal that would bring faster Medicare coverage for medical devices, according to a Nov. 2 press release.

Humana's Deputy CMO Brian Powers, MD, shared his thoughts about low-value care in ASCs with Becker's ASC Review.

  Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and Kansas City, Mo.-based Caravan Health are partnering to support the expansion of the Blue Premier value-based care program to more areas in the state, according to an Oct. 29 press…

Proliance Surgeons, one of the country's largest surgical practices, entered into a value-based arrangement with Regence, according to an Oct. 29 announcement.

Ahead of Halloween, physician practice coders and billers may want to brush up on relevant ICD-10 codes.

Nearly one-third of full-time billers and coders at physician practices make between $40,001 and $50,000 a year in direct monetary compensation, according to Physician's Practice's "2020 Staff Salary Survey."

Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Oct. 22 that's meant to curtail surprise medical billing, according to MiBiz.