ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Provation launched Provation Apex, a cloud-based procedure documentation software platform designed to improve outcomes, enhance clinical productivity and increase physician satisfaction in ASCs and hospitals.

Here are four billing and coding updates with the potential to impact ASC reimbursement:

A series of healthcare stakeholders said insufficient EHR interoperability is one of the major barriers to value-based care adoption, HealthData Management reports.

CMS proposed eliminating "unnecessary, obsolete or excessively burdensome" Medicare regulations for ASCs and other healthcare facilities.

Boston-based Partners Healthcare and Boston-based Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary agreed to pay the state $175,000 to settle alleged Massachusetts consumer protection law violations.

Interventional radiology ASCs have more ways than ever to collect for procedures, thanks to a surge in the number of billing codes supporting these facilities, according to Mark F. Weiss and Cecilia Kronawitter.

The Dialysis Vascular Access Coalition is urging Congress to block CMS' proposed cuts to reimbursement for vascular access services, saying the proposal threatens access to care for end-stage renal disease patients.

Crescent City, Calif.-based Sutter Coast Hospital will terminate its emergency room services provider contract with Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare in 90 days, the Del Norte Triplicate reports.

Wauwatosa (Wis.) Surgery Center is partnering with Access HealthNet to increase patient volume and simplify revenue cycle collections.

In August, Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare Services paid $65 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by admitting patients who only required outpatient care and engaging in upcoding.