Earlier this year, Steven Brill shook the healthcare industry with his article in TIME. It put heavy pressure on hospitals and health systems to explain their procedures, but the call for price transparency is hitting the outpatient sector as well.
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At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 24, Kevin McDonald, vice president of Source Medical, discussed ambulatory surgery center's preparation for the transition to ICD-10.
Medicare announced it plans to issue the CY 2014 Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems final rule on or before Nov. 27, 2014.
ChangeMed, a Dayton, Ohio-based healthcare billing service, has named Barry Hoffman as its new CEO and Steve Miller as executive vice president, according to a Dayton Business Journal report.
Fiserv launched its electronic billing and payment platform for small to mid-sized billers this week.
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An article published in the New England Journal of Medicine argues that physicians must begin learning to discuss the cost of care with patients, especially as more patients are choosing high-deductible insurance plans.
KPMG polled 190 healthcare providers in a webcast on Oct. 4. Most respondents were hospitals, health systems and large-scale physician groups.
Healthcare practices should be mindful of high coder demand and cater to the needs of coding staff members when retraining for ICD-10, according to a Health Leaders Media report.
Chambersburg, Pa.-based Summit Health is using Clintegrity 360's computer-assisted coding and clinical document improvement features from Nuance Communications to prepare for its ICD-10 launch next year.
In an EHR Intelligence report, Jennifer Bresnick lays out 10 questions providers should ask their vendors before the implementation of ICD-10.