ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

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.

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.

ICD-10 is about much more than just new codes, according to an EHR Intelligence report.




Healthcare practices can start the year fresh by taking an additional look at security risk analysis methods to make sure all practices comply with regulations, according to AAPC.

In an ICD10 Watch blog post, Carl Natale discusses steps to help physicians assess how ICD-10 will affect their practices.

Here are 15 statistics on surgery center payer mix as a percent of gross charges, according to the VMG Health Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.