In a Physicians Practice article, Betsy Nicoletti, founder of Codapedia.com, lays out the signs that indicate your medical practice is not ready to transition to ICD-10.
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
The merging of ambulatory surgery center transactions can bring increased market share, case loads and physicians, but they can also bring the challenge of merging two independent accounts receivable systems.
Healthcare providers are facing scrutiny for some orthopedic and spine procedures, including joint replacement, which has a 12.6 percent Medicare improper payment rate, according to an AIS Health report.
In a Medical Practice Insider report, Jonathan Conley, product manager at Emdeon, discusses ways to make sure that a medical practice's electronic health record system, as well as the staff, for the transition to ICD-10.
Starting Oct. 1, the day ICD-10 goes into effect, CMS' fraud prevention system will use data from the new code set to identify patterns that could indicate fraud, according to a Healthcare Finance News report.
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In a Physicians Practice report, Aubrey Westgate, discusses new value-based reimbursement models and incentives and lays out strategies for medical practices to deal with the decline of fee-for-service reimbursement.
On Jan. 16, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission recommended Congress give ASCs a 0 percent pay rate raise and a 3.25 percent percent raise for hospital outpatient departments.
At the 12th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference + The Future of Spine, Lisa Rock and Jessica Edmiston, BS, CPC, CASCC will give a presentation titled "It's Go Time: the Final Preparations for ICD-10."
Greg Hackney is the CEO and President of MediGain. He is responsible for planning the company's strategic direction and leading the sales, marketing and financial direction. During his more than 15 years in the industry, Mr. Hackney has experience leading…
The Massachusetts Health Data Consortium has partnered with Edifecs to leverage its Edifecs Collaborative Testing Solution for ICD-10 testing among providers and state health plans.