ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

In a press release, revenue managment company National Medical Billing Services annouced that the St. Louis Post-Dispatch named NMBS to their 2015 "Top 100 Workplaces" list.

Policy makers have implemented a six-month grace period in which providers will not be penalized for ICD-10 coding errors. However, the dual processing coding period may hurt providers rather than benefit them, according to HealthITAnalytics.

How can you significantly increase your ambulatory surgery center's profit through out of network reimbursement?

Medicare Advantage is a popular market for private insurers, according to Forbes.

Healthcare costs have steadily crept up for years and now the industry is faced with understanding and combating that rise. Driven by forces at work in the industry, including the Affordable Care Act, high deductible health plans are becoming more…

On Oct.1, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will require all Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-compliant healthcare providers to transition to the 10th version of the International Classification of Diseases. The first update to the coding systems…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed yesterday to pay physicians for optional end-of-life discussions, according to a Medscape report. The reimbursements would begin in the first half of 2016.

Forty-five out of 50 states failed to provide adequate healthcare price transparency, according to the Report Card on State Price Transparency Laws – July 2015 from the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute and Catalyst for Payment Reform.

Anthelio Healthcare Solutions, a healthcare technology and services provider, and M*Modal, a clinical transcription service provider, have formed a new strategic partnership. 

Patients chose ambulatory surgery centers over hospital outpatient departments for cataract removal surgery when they were made aware of the costs of care, according to a study published in Health Affairs, funded by AHRQ.