ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

There are several key public policy issues that could have an impact on ambulatory surgery center billing and coding next year. Here are five key updates on the PPACA marketplace, ICD-10 implementation and the sustainable growth rate.

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems entered into an agreement with Sacaton, Ariz.-based Gila River Health Care to deploy its solutions — NextGen Ambulatory EHR, NextGen Practice Management and NextPen throughout the organization.

The Maryland Health Care Commission has established the Maryland Health Care Quality Reports website, which offers consumer data on hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and long-term care, according to a Washington Business Journal Morning Edition report.

The Federal Trade Commission has settled with PaymentsMD, an Atlanta-based medical billing company, which used consumers' billing information to access their clinical information, according a Venture Beat report.

How are physician practices handling HIPAA compliance? Here are nine statistics from the NueMD 2014 HIPAA survey.

Here are the 11 top-rated insurers by reimbursement rate, according to the Medscape Insurer Ratings Report 2014.

IntelliHARTx, a Findlay, Ohio-based medical collections company, plans to develop a new call center in Kingsport, Tenn., according to a TimesNews report.

Here are five recent articles on price transparency in the healthcare industry.

A number of physician groups are pushing for another two-year delay for ICD-10 implementation, according to a Journal of AHIMA report.

Allowing patients access to their unedited electronic health records can improve outcomes, according to a MediGain blog post.