ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

National health spending grew by 3.9 percent in July 2013 compared with July 2012, returning to historic lows from a year-over-year growth rate of 4.3 percent in June, according to a report from Altarum Institute, a nonprofit health systems research…

Obama administration officials said Tuesday the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act "data hub" is complete and ready for the launch of the new health insurance exchanges, according to a report from The Washington Post.

ICD-10-CM will require greater specificity from coders and physicians to meet the requirements of the new set, and it may make some cases simpler for coders, according to a report in the Journal of AHIMA.

Atlanta-based Streamline Health has added dual coding abilities to its eCAC and eAbstract applications within the Collabra suite.

Most physicians are confident that their practice will be able to make a transition to ICD-10, according to the "2013 Physician Sentiment Index," by Epocrates and athenahealth.

As Congress works to pass SGR reform, the American Medical Association launched a new campaign that encourages physicians to give input.

A new study published in the Annals of Surgery reported that complication rates were higher among re-admitted patients at a considerable cost, according to a Medscape report.

Planning and preparation should keep practices' accounts receivable from altogether stalling once ICD-10 implementation hits in October 2014, according to a Healthcare Finance News report.

CMS has updated its 1500 Claim Form to prepare for the ICD-10 code set.

Indianapolis-based Zotec Partners has acquired Medical Management Professionals, a medical billing and practice management company.