ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Rami Abbass, MD, is a physician involved with an endoscopy-focused ASC, overseeing payer negotiations for five years. He has seen increased deductibles and focus on reducing the national healthcare spending make reimbursement more difficult. However, the ASC's quality and cost…

Retail health clinics may be increasing health costs, instead of lowering them, based on a Boston-based Harvard Medical School study, according to CNBC. Health Affairs published the study.

At the HIMSS16 conference that took place in Las Vegas from Feb. 29 to March 4, Jonathan L. Kaplan, MD, a plastic surgeon practicing in San Francisco, said in this age of high-deductible health plans, patients are paying out of…

In a recent press release, HSTPathways announced their continued growth as an industry leader in 2016 with the additiona of HSTeChart and HSTanesthesia to the HST portfolio.

Fewer employers than predicted pushed their employees to Affordable Care Act plans, according to The Washington Times.

A Health Care Cost Institute analysis found consumers "shopping" for healthcare services attributed to less than 7 percent of total healthcare spending in 2011, according to Philly Voice.

After facing numerous consumer complaints, the Obama administration passed new rules allowing the administration to rate health insurance plans based on their network's size, according to The New York Times.

It's only the beginning of March, but already data breaches are exposing 1.8 million records, according to a 24/7 Wall St report.

The New Hampshire insurance department launched NH HealthCost, a cost-comparison website for healthcare, according to a Union Leader report.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman questioned 16 payers about why they denied hepatitis C drugs to specific patients, according to Business Insider.