ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

While some medical coding errors are a result of intentional misrepresentation, others may stem from an innocent mistake, according to the American Medical Association.

The Workers Compensation Research Institute published a study on how Georgia ASCs were paid for procedures after the state changed its medical fee schedule for outpatient services.

In a world where healthcare is constantly changing, it’s important to take a moment to examine the current trends and pinpoint ways in which your ambulatory surgery center can enhance both your patients’ experience and your organization’s billing process. Here…

Brice Voithofer, vice president of ASC and anesthesia services, and Bill Gilbert, president of marketing at AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions, shared three tips on how ASCs can boost their collections efforts in a whitepaper.

The U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the District of New Jersey and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania formed the Newark/Philadelphia Regional Medicare Fraud Strike Force to closely target healthcare fraud in the region.

Nearly all providers still rely on paper-based medical billing and patient collections, according to a HIMSS Analytics and Waystar survey of 900 healthcare financial executives.

Denials and poor follow-up processes. Charge entry errors. Accounts receivable (A/R) days well above industry standards. High self-pay balances. Failure to negotiate or load payor contracts. Incomplete operative notes.

Greater site neutrality would reduce hospitals' incentives to acquire physician practices and in turn help private insurers secure better prices, according to an analysis from the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy.

Medical Transcription Billing Co. will pay series A cumulative redeemable perpetual preferred stock holders a monthly cash dividend of $0.22 per share.

CMS will terminate its Medicare provider agreement with Oklahoma City-based ESEC Surgery Center at 12:01 a.m. Aug. 18.