ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Coding has a clear and direct impact on any healthcare facility's financial success.

Last year, ophthalmologists generated savings surpassing $24 million in penalty avoidances through submitting quality information to CMS' Physician Quality Reporting System through the American Academy of Ophthalmology's IRIS Registry.

Health Affairs published a study comparing commercial ACOs to noncommercial ACOs, revealing commercial ACOs exceed noncommercial ACOs on various measures, according to AJMC.

As his final weeks as president come to a close, President Barack Obama defended the ACA saying although the law isn't perfect, "it's worked," according to U.S. News & World Report.

Throughout the United States, rates vary for physicians not accepting Medicare patients, according to Physician's Money Digest.

Although the Affordable Care Act marketplace continues to see increasing premiums and exiting payers, the Obama administration predicts monthly ACA marketplace enrollment will hit 11.4 million in 2017, according to The New York Times.

Here are two legislative changes that impact ASCs and healthcare facilities across the nation.

During last night's third presidential debate, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump discussed their plans for Medicare and healthcare reform, according to Medscape.

The Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell said Medicaid expansion in South Carolina was "not a question of if, [but] a question of when," The Post and Courier reports.

Despite the Affordable Care Act providing millions of Americans coverage since 2010, there are still a great deal of uninsured Americans. Kaiser Family Foundation recently found there are 27 million uninsured Americans. Bloomberg provides a snapshot into this population and…