ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

In a groundbreaking deal for the healthcare industry, CVS Health acquired Aetna for $69 billion.

The GOP Tax Legislation could have an impact on healthcare coverage and organizations. The current House and Senate bill include items that would make sweeping changes to the healthcare system, according to NPR.

Nationally, an average of one healthcare organization per day is experiencing a data breach.

CMS canceled the mandatory hip fracture and cardiac bundled payments scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1, 2018, and made changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model with the goal of offering more flexibility.

CMS will expand its Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model to 25 states in 2019.

Health Net Ambetter, an ACA marketplace plan for Phoenix residents, will no longer cover patients seeking care at Phoenix Children's Hospital, according abc news.

Your ASC's surgery scheduler has just scheduled a procedure for next week. Prior to performing this procedure, there are numerous steps required to ensure that your ASC is properly compensated for services performed. Pre-authorization — also called precertification, prior authorization,…

The complex out-of-network reimbursement landscape contains vast opportunities for ASCs looking to improve their profit margins. However, there are many considerations ASCs should keep in mind to successfully pursue an out-of-network model.

Orthopedic surgeon Steven Mash, MD, of DuPage (Ill.) Medical Group in Downers Grove, Ill., spoke to Becker's ASC Review on bundled payments for ASCs.

Highmark issued a positive coverage policy decision for interspinous and interlaminar stabilization and distraction using Paradigm Spine's coflex on Nov. 6.