ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

CareCloud, a cloud-based practice management, EHR and medical billing software and services company, announced the appointment of Lee Horner as its new chief sales officer, according to a heraldonline report.

Health Information and medical records technicians held approximately 186,300 jobs in 2012, according to the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. Here are four statistics on where health information and medical records technicians worked in 2012.

A NextServices blog post recently outlined how ambulatory surgery centers can achieve 95 percent clean claims submission ratio.

In today's economic environment patients appreciate and have even come to expect some level of assistance from healthcare providers when it comes to managing the cost of care. In a study conducted by Inquire Market Research, 32 percent of patients…

In a 64-35 vote Monday, the U.S. Senate passed a bill that extends the ICD-10 deadline to at least Oct. 1, 2015.

MedAssets, a healthcare performance improvement company, has announced its continued support of the transition to ICD-10 in light on of the U.S. Senate's decision to pass the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, which includes a provision delaying ICD-10…

Medical coders can hold education levels from a high school diploma to a master's degree. Here are eight statistics on how education affected coder salary in 2012 and 2013, according to the AAPC 2013 Salary Survey.

Ophthalmology, gastroenterology and orthopedics are the most common ambulatory surgery center specialties. Ophthalmology accounts for 29 percent of all ASC case volume, gastroenterology 17 percent and orthopedics 17 percent, according to VMG Health's ASC Intellimarker Survey 2011.

Athenahealth announced its opposition of the provision of HR 4302 that would delay ICD-10 until Oct. 1, 2015, according to a StreetInsider report.

The United States Senate is slated to vote on HR 4302, which would delay SGR payment cuts set to go into effect April 1 and ICD-10 implementation, according to a Health Leaders Media report.