ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Amidst an ever-changing reimbursement landscape, today’s ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are unsure how to improve their revenue cycle performance and increase profitability without affecting vital aspects like daily workflow. With an emphasis on insightful reporting to gain an edge, part…

The federal government’s largest-ever investigation led by the DOJ and HHS into healthcare fraud in the U.S. stretched across 58 federal districts and included 165 medical professionals, physicians and nurses accused of allegedly profiting from false healthcare billings, according to…

United Healthcare Services will proceed with its lawsuit against Next Health for allegedly engaging in a $100 million fraud scheme over five years, Bloomberg Law reported.

A federal judge in Texas blocked United Healthcare and Next Health from escaping a suit claiming Next Health ran a $100 million kickback scheme, according to Law360.

Healthcare organizations announced a record-breaking 115 merger and acquisition transactions in 2017, and that number will likely be matched or surpassed this year, RevCycle Intelligence reports.

Medtronic entered into a value-based partnership with Revo Health with an undisclosed investment, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reports.

ASCs saved the Medicare program and its beneficiaries $7.5 billion in a four-year period without diminishing services or quality, Advancing Surgical Care reports.

The Alabama Workers' Compensation Division published updates to its ASC fee schedule.

In-network ASCs should clearly document and communicate contract terms with payers so both parties understand their obligations to each other, according to Mnet Health Services CEO David Hamilton.

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, R, is reinstating Kentucky Medicaid beneficiaries' vision and dental benefits after cutting the incentives in July, ABC News reports.