When it comes to ICD-10, healthcare providers should learn from the troubled HealthCare.gov rollout that that it is never too early to prepare for change, according to a report in The National Law Review.
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Current procedural terminology modifiers 25 and 57 may be confusing to some coders, but each serves a specific purpose, according to an AAPC report.
When it comes to billing, if you are not measuring it, you are not managing it. The key to an effective billing process, and higher revenues, is generating data, accurately analyzing that data, and following through on outstanding claims. Sounds…
According to a Missouri Ambulatory Surgery Center Association blog post, state representative Bill White has pre-filed a bill on transparency in the healthcare marketplace.
In a Medscape Business of Medicine report, Betsy Nicoletti, a consultant, author and speaker from Springfield, Vt., discusses the reasons why physicians don't want to make the switch to ICD-10 as well as actions that physicians can take at their…
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The American Medical Association announced changes to the editorial process for updating its Current Procedural Terminology so that the code set most accurately reflects care, communication and efficiency.
In a Medical Practice Insider article, Tom Ormondroyd, vice president and general manager at Precyse Learning Solutions; Bruce Scott, MD, Precyse ICD-10 Consultant; and Christian Oliver, associate vice president for catalog and courseware at Healthstream, discuss ways in which ICD-10…
The American Health Information Management Association's members elected Angela Kennedy, EdD, MBA, RHIA, to serve as the organization's president and chair of the board of directors for 2014.
Here are 12 statistics on ambulatory surgery center revenue cycle by the number of operating rooms at the center, according to the VMG Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.
As code set changes took affect Jan. 1, surgery centers can now be looking to update their chargemasters to comply with regulatory guidelines and ensure proper payment, according to AAPC.