ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

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. 

The CMS Final Rule added four new procedures to the ASC Approved Procedure List for Medicare patients.

HHS' Office of the Inspector General released a report in which they recommended focusing audit efforts on physicians who bill more than $3 million each year to catch more fraud and save Medicare millions annually, according to a report from…

A successful ICD-10 implementation means more than just updating software; thorough training involves understanding the concept of the code set and being able to accurately incorporate it in documentation and billing claims, according to EHR Intelligence.

In a Getting Paid blog post, Rochelle Glassman, president and CEO of United Physician Services, details best practices for improving patient collections.

Surgery centers should be wary of electronic health record systems that promise to code in ICD-10, according to an ICD-10 Watch report.