ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Medtronic and Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network entered into a five-year partnership to cut costs and improve outcomes for more than 70 conditions using Medtronic's equipment, CNBC reports.

A surgeon-designed app for postoperative documentation was added to the Epic App Orchard, an app store Epic Systems launched in 2017 for applications compatible with its EMR infrastructure. Here are five highlights.

North Carolina Medicaid expenditures were nearly $6.5 billion at the halfway point of fiscal year 2018, the Winston-Salem Journal reports. Here are six insights.

University of Utah Professor Robert Pendleton, MD, wrote a column for Harvard Business Review seeking to define value.

Alphabet's healthcare arm Verily is in the midst of weighing whether to enter the population health arena through a partnership with a payer, CNBC reports.

Alliance Medibilling CEO Annette Bolcato drew on her 25 years of experience in the medical field to share four common coding and billing mistakes with Becker's ASC Review.

The 2017 Comprehensive Error Rate Testing report shows CMS spent an estimated $36 billion last year on payments that should not have occurred, payments made in an incorrect amount or payments for which there were errors in documentation. Improper payments…

As the U.S. enters the next stage of healthcare reform, ASCs are strategically positioned to capitalize on the transition toward value-based care and the low-cost healthcare movement.

John C. Molina stepped down from Molina Healthcare's board of directors Feb. 26. He was the last Molina family member associated with the company.

Computer issues at Gillette, Wy.-based Powder River Surgery Center delayed some Medicaid bills more than a year, costing Gillette-based Campbell County Health between $150,000 and $200,000 in missed Medicaid payments, the Gillette News Record reports.