ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

The U.S. population is aging, and naturally healthcare costs rise in older age groups. A new Kaiser Family Foundation study has quantified how much Medicare spending increases in the aging population, according to a Mnet report. Here are three things…

The American Medical Association and 99 physician groups sent a letter to CMS last week calling for contingency plans to be put in place. The American Health Information Management Association responded that physician groups' concerns are unfounded, according to an…

The Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems has announced a new price transparency initiative, according to a KTVZ report.  

Compass Professional Health Services, a company focused on introducing price transparency in the healthcare field, is now focusing on Dallas, according to a report by The Dallas Morning News.

Here are 16 statistics on medical coder salary by education from 2011 to 2014, according to AAPC's 2014 Salary Survey.

Brandi Chesney recently became in2itive's new director of revenue cycle management. 

The American Medical Association, along with 99 state and specialty physician societies, is requesting that CMS put in place contingency plans to mitigate potential disruption following the implementation of ICD-10.

The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange released a whitepaper on ICD-10 testing for small physician practices, according to an EHR Intelligence report. Here are three ways testing prior to ICD-10 implementation can reduce risk for these practices.

PGM Billing has launched a comprehensive ICD-10 code conversion tool.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina recently launched a price transparency website, and the online tool highlights the lower cost of outpatient care, according to a Forbes report.