ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

A new study published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings compared payments among different specialties and identified which ones topped the list.

Next year, reimbursement for ophthalmology CPT codes is expected to take a hit and could shape the specialty’s future, according to a Medscape report.

A recent Wall Street Journal analysis found Medicare patients pay more out-of-pocket costs at critical access hospitals than other larger institutions, according to Fierce Health Finance.

  Healthcare startup, Picwell, raised $3 million as interest in health insurance decision support, according to MedCity News.

Insurance companies could face penalty payments for not correcting physician directories, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

Health insurers may face pricey fines for not correcting their physician directories, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Experienced medical coder Kristi Pollard offered a few words of wisdom about a career in medical coding for next year in Government Health IT.

The U.S. government signed up 8.2 million citizens for health insurance via the HealthCare.gov website, according to Reuters.

Tenet Healthcare signed a new four-year services agreement with Aetna, according to Zacks.

In the past 15 years, health insurance costs in Wisconsin have increased 200 percent, according to WEAU.com.