ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Irvine, Calif.-based Kareo cloud-based medical software provider has acquired Las Vegas-based ECCO Health, a medical billing solutions company.

Illinois-based Advocate Health Care claimed the titled of "Most Wired" from a Hospitals and Health Networks magazine survey for the 11th straight year, according to a Health Tech Zone report.

  Dallas-based Surgery Center Network is hosting a roundtable focus group bringing together leading third-party administrators from around the country to discuss the health insurance industry's expectations of a surgery network, according to a company news release.

Many healthcare practices have been hoping for another ICD-10 deadline extension and have fallen behind on preparations for the Oct. 1, 2014, deadline, according to a Health Leaders Media report.

An eHealth Initiative and American Health Information Management Association survey found most healthcare providers underestimate the benefits ICD-10 will bring practices after full implementation, according to a Healthcare Finance News report.

National Government Services and CMS have a series of interactive listening sessions in July and August to help participants with ICD-10 end-to-end testing.

  President of American National Medical Management, Greg Maldonado, discusses five reasons why ambulatory surgery center owners should not sign in-network contracts.

  CareCloud released the next generation of its cloud-based electronic medical record program, CareCloud Charts.

Despite several postponements, CMS says the October 2014 ICD-10 deadline will not change.

CMS and the Professional Association of Health Care Office Management are teaming up to offer webinars and in-person training for revenue cycle personnel to prepare for ICD-10, according to a report from PhysBizTech.