ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Earlier this year, UnitedHealthcare dropped thousands of physicians from its Medicare Advantage plan network and now some of those physicians are fighting back.

Here are three things to expect and prepare for in the coding world of 2014, according to a Diagnostic Imaging report.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange partnered to develop an ICD-10 Implementation Success Initiative, according to a Government Health IT report.

In CMS' Final Payment Rule, mandated cuts to breast biopsy codes and various imaging studies will occur, according to a report from Diagnostic Imaging.

As the ICD-10 implementation approaches, physician practices have been preparing, part of which involves collaborating with healthcare IT vendors. Here are three things to know about where vendors stand with ICD-10, according to a Healthcare Finance News report. 

Here four new tips to avoid common medical coding and billing errors from Nitin Chhoda.

Here are six tips to employ price transparency as a tool for improving patient engagement, according to a Physicians Practice report.

The average medical biller at physician offices earns a salary of $30,000 to $60,000 per year, according to the Medscape Clinical & Office Staff Salary Report.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has named 123 new accountable care organizations in its Medicare Shared Savings Program, effective Jan. 1, 2014.

AAPC members with certified professional coder credentials will have to demonstrate ICD-10 proficiency to maintain their certification, and the organization recently updated its requirements.