ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

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. 

The Indiana Hospital Association has launched MyCareINsight.org, a healthcare price transparency website, according to an INDYSTAR report.

Here are six key points on medical practice billing office management and processes, according to "What's Happening Behind the Billing Office Door," a NextGen survey.

UnitedHealth has put in place new restrictions on hysterectomies designed to promote the use of vaginal hysterectomy, according to a StarTribune report.

The Missouri House Health Insurance Committee is considering a bill that would make health insurance plan prices available at least a month prior to open enrollment, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.

A new price transparency website, Guroo.com, has launched. The online tool was built using data from Aetna, Assurant Health, Humana and United Healthcare, according to a report by The Washington Post.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released a fact sheet on ICD-10 and the impending Oct. 1 transition deadline. Here are five things to know from the fact sheet.