ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

ASC facilities across the country are scrambling to determine the financial "winners" and "losers" for 2014.

In a Huffington Post article, Tom Lowery, an entrepreneur, writer and corporate training specialist, lays out eight reasons outsourcing medical billing services can help a healthcare organization.

In a Physicians Practice article, Michael Sappington, CEO of gloStream, a performance management services firm, discusses five considerations regarding the ICD-10 transition that medical practices have likely not thought about.

Here are four ways the electronic medical records can improve efficiency in private physician practices, according to Nitin Chhoda.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced changes in how telehealth services will be covered in 2014, according to a mobilehealthnews report.  

According to the AAPC report "2013 Salary Survey: Cover Employment on the Rise," coders in the Pacific region of the country earn the highest average salary.

Around 32 percent of physician practices say they participate with six to 10 insurers, according to a Medscape Insurer Ratings Report 2011.

Denied claims have a huge impact on surgery centers.

As physicians and practice executives we face tough times in managing cash flow. The insurance carriers are continuing to demand more while reimbursing less. The adjudication process takes longer and requires expensive practice management software. The time it takes from…

The American Medical Association and Medical Group Management Association has released a new fact sheet designed to help physicians prepare for new Medicare denial edits, set to go into effect Jan. 6, 2014.