ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

The new ICD-10 transition date has been officially set at Oct. 1, 2015. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is accepting acknowledgement test claims from providers, suppliers, clearinghouses and billing companies and has announced additional dates for dedicated testing…

The appropriate payer mix in today's healthcare environment depends on the center's experience and healthcare market. New centers begin out-of-network to perform cases for Medicare certification and some stay that way while others opt to negotiate in-network contracts as soon…

Effective revenue cycle management is essential to ambulatory surgery center financial success. Here are five articles on ASC revenue cycle management best practices.

Here are 12 statistics on payer mix at orthopedics-driven ambulatory surgery centers according to the VMG Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2012.

The non-profit Center for Improving Value in Health Care has launched a website that allows consumers to compare hospital prices, according to a Fierce Health Finance report.

A final rule from HHS has officially confirmed Oct. 1, 2015 will be the compliance deadline for U.S. healthcare providers to begin using the ICD-10 coding system.

Financial management is essential to overall ambulatory surgery center and physician practice health. Here are 100 tips from various industry experts on billing, coding, collections, electronic health records, ICD-10, new payment models and revenue cycle management.

Today, two new state laws that aim to inject transparency and drive consumerism in healthcare will take effect in Maine, according to a Bangor Daily News report.

Here are five articles on narrow networks and the potential impact on ambulatory surgery centers.

Ambulatory surgery center revenue cycle is like the inner workings of any machine, intangible and unnoticed until something goes wrong. ASC leaders may have a firm grasp of the basics, but there is always more to be done. Here are…