ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Starting this fall, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina will sell Medicare Advantage plans in 23 state counties during open enrollment, according to Post and Courier.

U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton sentenced cosmetic surgeon David Morrow, MD, to 20 years in federal prison for defrauding health insurance companies of tens of millions of dollars, according to Insurance News. He fled after pleading guilty to fraud and…

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said a bipartisan fix to the ACA could be ready sometime this week, the Tennessean reports.

Slightly more physicians prefer a single-payer healthcare system compared to a multiple-payer system, a MDLinx.com survey found.

CMS will involuntarily terminate its Medicare provider agreement with Lancaster, Calif.-based Hull Eye Surgery and Laser Center at 12:01 a.m., Oct. 12.

There are complex areas of coding in all ASC specialties which may lead to errors.

AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions completed two third-party certifications — Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 16 System and Organization Controls Report Type 2 and SOC 2 Type 1 examinations.

Senate Health Committee Chair Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., announced his intention to resume bipartisan talks to stabilize the insurance exchange market, the Tennessean reports.

Here are the top five Becker's ASC Review stories related to salary and benefits so far in 2017.

The Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society partnered with American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the American Society of Retinal Specialists and Society for Excellence in Eyecare to comment on the CMS proposed 2018 payment rates.