ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Opening a new center is a challenging endeavor, especially if the center is new construction.

Officials with MedAptus, a provider of financial, operational and clinical workflow tools to the healthcare industry, said today they have joined up with athenahealth, a cloud-based services company.

With a looming October changeover to ICD-10 on the horizon, a well-trained group of medical coders will "make or break your transition into this new reality," writes Brad Justus, for ICD10monitor.com.

The October 2015 deadline to transfer medical coding systems to ICD-10 from ICD-9 is just one technological test for clinicians across the United States.

There is a trio of tips to develop your medium-sized practice's medical billing for greater financial solvency this year, says Medigain Vice President Clint Hughes.

Kevin Hopkins, MD, recently told Forbes magazine that he's seen a major increase in productivity at his surgery center through the use of just one medical scribe.

The deadline for healthcare providers to apply for end-to-end ICD-10 testing in April has been extended by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services until Jan. 21 from its earlier, Jan. 9 deadline.

Becker's ASC Review recently received a question about billing and coding for EXPAREL from Pacira Pharmaceuticals.

The Lincoln County (Tenn.) Health System, as part of a major overhaul of its electronic health records, is also readying itself for the changeover to ICD-10 through a step-by-step rollout, officials there say, according to the Elk Valley Times.

Cassi Birnbaum, currently the senior vice president of Nashville-based Peak Health Solutions, has been elected president of the American Health Information Management Association board, according to a report from the Tennessean.