ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

The health insurance exchanges are an integral piece of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Here are 25 things to know about them.

Rep. Gary Palmer introduced new legislation which will protect patients from potential ramifications from ICD-10, the updated coding system linked to Medicare and Medicaid.

EmployerDirect, a provider of value-based care for employers with self-funded medical plans, has named Shane Foss COO.

On Monday, June 8, the Senate Commerce Committee failed to pass out of committee S-20, the grandiosely entitled 'OON Consumer Protection, Transparency, Cost Containment & Accountability Act.'

While many healthcare providers and payers have reduced their exposure to ICD-10 financial, technical and operating risks, numerous other organizations have delayed ICD-10 preparation. Strategies were devised to reduce wasted efforts and improve the productivity of ICD-10 implementation for organizations…

In the 2015 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule of the Federal Register, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) bundled fluoroscopic guidance into epidural injections and stated that fluoro was no longer separately reportable.

Mr. Niam Yaraghi, a fellow in the Brookings Institution's Center for Technology Innovation, devises a business model revealing ways health information exchange platforms can generate significant revenue for providers and consumers.

In a webinar hosted by Becker's ASC Review on June 3, Lisa Rock, president of National Medical Billing Services; Jessica Edmiston, BS, CPC, CASCC, AHIMA, approved ICD-10-CM trainer, senior vice president, performance review at NMBS; Tamara Wagner, BS, CPC, vice…

If an ASC works with a billing services company, strengthening that relationship is essential for maximum reimbursement.

The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange has released the final series of ICD-readiness surveys.