The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has named 123 new accountable care organizations in its Medicare Shared Savings Program, effective Jan. 1, 2014.
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
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.
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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.
More than half of physicians who received payment rate information from ACA exchange insurers report those rates were lower than average commercial payer rates offered in their area, according to the MGMA Legislative and Executive Advocacy Response Network's ACA Insurance…
Electronic medical record and billing expert Nitin Chhoda released his tips for medical coders and billers to code and submit accurate claims with minimal errors for optimal reimbursements.
Even some queries optimized for ICD-10 can waste coders' time and decrease productivity, so here are five principles to follow for running better queries, according to an ICD-10 Watch report.