Everyone can agree that healthcare costs are rising, though perhaps not on the root cause. But, amongst the myriad factors contributing to bloated healthcare spending, one may stand out as a leading cause, according to a report by The Wall…
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National Medical Billing Services, a revenue cycle management company focused on ambulatory surgery centers and affiliated physicians, will open a new corporate headquarters in Chesterfield, Mo.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced that the 2013 Physician Quality Reporting System incentive payments are now available for eligible group practices and professionals.
At the 12th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven Conference + Future of Spine in Chicago on June 13, speakers from Eveia Health Consulting & Management discussed payer negotiations for high-cost implants.
During a Sept. 16 webinar hosted by Becker's ASC Review, John Bartos, JD, CEO of Collect Rx, a company that helps ambulatory surgery centers and other healthcare providers improve out-of-network reimbursements, outlined the key steps ambulatory surgery center leaders can…
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The ICD-10 compliance date has officially been set at Oct. 1, 2015. How prepare are healthcare industry stakeholders? Here are 10 statistics from the latest Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange survey, according to an iHealthBeat report.
It is a widely held perception that Medicare reimbursement favors surgeons and physicians that perform procedures over physicians who do not. But, a recent study published in the Annals of Surgery may dispel that common assumption, according to a Science…
When Jack Welch took over General Electric Co. in 1981, the Conn.-based firm's annual revenues were roughly $27 billion. By the time he left it two decades later, GE's revenues had reached almost $130 billion and its stock price had…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid is seeking volunteer organizations for ICD-10 end-to-end testing scheduled to begin in January 2015, according to a HealthData Management report.
The Arkansas Insurance Department has projected that premium costs of insurance plans sold through the state's health insurance marketplace will have a 2 percent net decrease in 2015.