ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Cigna's $67 billion acquisition of Express Scripts may not be its last major deal, Bloomberg reports.

Serbin Medical Billing is launching a series of e-tools to help ASCs improve revenue cycle performance, the RCM management company announced Nov. 21.

Creativity, technology and a patient-centered approach are important factors in collecting medical payments, according to Jim Cagliostro, clinical operations performance improvement expert at VIE Healthcare Consulting.

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The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons came out in support of the price transparency rules finalized Nov. 15 by the Trump administration.

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health and a three-surgeon cardiovascular group will together pay the government over $46 million to settle allegations that they violated Stark Law, the Department of Justice announced Nov. 15.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association launched a program on Nov. 18 to identify high-quality care providers that offer services at a lower cost, according to Crain's Chicago Business.

Monitoring revenue cycle key performance indicators (KPIs) is an essential process for improving ASC business office productivity. But monitoring alone will not achieve the positive changes necessary to effectively grow the bottom line.

An industrywide shift to value- and wellness-based billing is having a profound influence on large health systems' strategies, Bisnow Houston reports.

CMS finalized a price transparency policy in its 2020 outpatient prospective payment system.