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.
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
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.
The majority of providers, approximately 76 percent, have completed ICD-10 impact assessments, but as many as 74 percent have not yet or are not planning on doing any external testing, according to a KPMG survey.
According to statistics from the California Office of Statewide Health, Planning and Development for 2007, the state's largest player in the ambulatory surgery center industry is private payers.
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According to a report in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, the growth of ambulatory surgery centers in the United States is making an impact on lowering Medicare payments.
American Healthcare Documentation Professionals Group launched its program to train coders as ICD-10 Inpatient Certified Coding Specialists.
For years, Congress has temporarily bypassed the SGR so physicians wouldn't have to endure double-digit reimbursement reductions.
Flash Code, a software used by many healthcare providers for coding and billing purposes, released a smart search capability for ICD-10 codes to deliver the most relevant codes possible.
In a Healthcare Finance News report, Jackie Griffin, associate vice president in client services at TriZetto Provider Solutions, discusses steps to take to kick-start ICD-10 planning at a medical practice.