ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

The Kaiser Family Foundation reported the average deductible for employee-sponsored health plans was $1,135 in 2013, according to MediGain blog post. But, as patients begin to use plans purchased on the exchange deductibles ranging from $3,000 to $5,000 are becoming…

Many intricacies of ambulatory surgery center operations spark questions across the industry. Michael Orseno, revenue cycle director at Regent Surgical Health, addresses four of the most common ASC billing queries.

Here are three tips for physician practices to understand and make the transition to a pay-for-performance model, according to a MediGain blog post. 


Navigant has acquired Cymetrix Corporation, a privately held revenue cycle management firm.

Quadax, a medical billing company, has rented additional office space in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, and begun to hire 40 people, according to a Cleveland.com report.

Surgical Notes, a company providing transcription, coding and document management applications for the ambulatory surgery center and surgical hospital markets, launched a flexible financing program for its electronic health record solutions.

The market for healthcare price transparency is poised to grow 55 percent by 2016, according to a Healthcare Finance News report. The market is valued at $540 million and expected to reach $3.09 billion in just two years.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed the new deadline for the switch to ICD-10 as Oct. 1, 2015. Here are five things to know about the new implementation date and the healthcare industry's response.

The ambulatory surgery center business office and clinical core are often considered separate spheres, but documentation gaps and errors can affect both.  

A bill offering Oklahoma state employees coverage for surgeries at ambulatory surgery centers has died in the state's Senate Appropriations Committee, according to a report from KOKH-TV Oklahoma City.