ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

William Hennessey, MD, a Pennsylvania physician medicine and rehabilitation physician, has launched the company Pratter, which will share hospital, ambulatory surgery center and other healthcare provider fees on its website, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.

National Medical Billing Services, a healthcare revenue cycle management company, will present at the Oregon Ambulatory Surgery Center Association annual conference to be held Oct. 15 to Oct. 17.

A study published by UnitedHealthcare has found that tools designed to help patients estimate the cost of care may also play a role improving the quality of care provided, according to a report by The Tennessean.

The American Health Information Management Association has release more than 70 ICD-10-CM/PCS documentation tips, according to an ICD10 Monitor report.

Ambulatory surgery centers can employ staff members to hand billing in-house or outsource the business office function to a third party company. Here are seven services often provided by outsourcing medical billing companies, according to a MediGain blog post.

Sylvia Burwell, HHS secretary, announced that Medicare Part B monthly premiums and deductibles for 2015 will remain the same as the past two years, according to an Arkansas Matters report.

Here are three tips for coding and billing common OB/GYN procedures.

Here are 24 statistics on the percent of claim lines paid $0 for any reason, according to the American Medical Association.

Here are five tips for maintaining strong financial success, according to AAPC.

Historically, there has been 20 percent to 30 percent shortage of medical coders, but that shortage could trend upwards to as much as 50 percent this year, according to a CNBC report.