ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Surgery centers have different methods for dealing with processes on the business end, which includes revenue cycle management and patient collections. Some ASC owners prefer to keep business operations in-house, while others prefer contracting with a company. There are benefits…

Many healthcare providers worried about how insurance mega-the mergers will impact reimbursements. However, there are opportunities for ASCs as the payer environment changes.

SourceMedical, a provider outpatient continuum of care solutions, named Jho Outlaw as vice president of revenue cycle services.

Hooper, Lundy and Bookman filed a motion for preliminary approval to settle a class action complaint filed more than six years ago on behalf of out-of-network California ambulatory surgery centers against United Healthcare Services and OptumInsight.

The American Medical Association released a 12-page analysis explaining how the recent Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana mergers will hurt patients.

Various medical groups will appear before Congress to voice concerns over the recent health insurance mega-mergers. Both the insurers and providers are recruiting lobbyists for the impending debate, according to Forbes.

The 19th Judicial District Court granted an Order of Rehabilitation and Injunctive Relief, giving the Louisiana Insurance Commission control of the Louisiana Health Cooperative, according to Insurance Journal.

Heather Vick was named director of physician coding and compliance for Florida HealthCare Partners, according to The Daytona Beach News-Journal.

More companies, big and small, are becoming self-insured employers. Here are eight things for ambulatory surgery center owners and operators to know about the landscape.

Health insurance rates in the federal marketplace for individual and small-groups are expected to reach double digits next year as they were approved by the Nebraska Department of Insurance, according to JournalStar.com.