ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

A recent report from Aon Hewitt showed employers are looking to control costs by moving coverage of employees 65 and older from their group plan to the individual Medicare market or a Medicare Advantage plan, according to a Healthcare Finance…

  Some insurance companies have begun using credit cards to reimburse providers, which means steep transaction fees lower the payment below contracted rates, according to a report on American Medical News.   The American Medical Association sent a letter to…

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has signed into law House Bill 834, which requires ambulatory surgery centers and hospitals to post their prices on 140 of their most common procedures.

Between 2005 and 2012, the number of physicians who accepted new Medicare patients rose from 87.9 percent to 90.7 percent, according to a report from the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.

SSI Group, a healthcare revenue and payment cycle management solutions company, has acquired Medtelligence, LLC dba Medibis, according to a Health Technology Online report.

ICD-10 Transition Strategies for Ambulatory Surgery Centers Is Topic Of Discussion St. Louis, Missouri (August 21, 2013)-- National Medical Billing Services, a national healthcare revenue cycle management company specializing in servicing ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and their affiliated surgeons, will…

The American Health Information Management Association is now gearing its ICD-10 training toward clinicians, according to HealthData Management.

Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based Mnet Financial and Amblitel have joined forces to offer a remote billing solution for ambulatory surgery centers.

A recently-enacted Arkansas law calls for certain Medicaid procedures performed in ambulatory surgery centers to be reimbursed at 80 percent of the Medicare rate paid for the same procedure at a hospital outpatient department.

Medical coders, physicians and other healthcare practice members are invited by CMS to register for an MLN Connects national provider call on ICD-10 basics that will take place Thursday, Aug. 22 at 1:30 p.m.