ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Methodist Health System selected ProVation Medical software to provide gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding.

Jocelyn Gaddie is the vice president of business development and Billie Reese-Turner is the director of client services for Overland Park, Kan.-based in2itive Business Solutions.

AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions, a medical billing, practice management and coding service, plans to demonstrate its business intelligence platform for medical practices at the RBMA 2013 Radiology Summit.

Here are five coding and billing problems from industry experts to avoid in ambulatory surgery centers.

The number of physicians participating in accountable care organizations has increased drastically since 2012, according to Medscape's 2013 Physician Compensation Report.

Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) has introduced House of Representatives bill 1701 that would prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing ICD-10, according to an ICD-10 Watch report.  

TransUnion Healthcare conducted a survey of insured patients and discovered a correlation between positive billing experience and higher reported overall care, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

In 2012, 84 million Americans were without health insurance for at least part of the year or were considered underinsured because of high out-of-pocket costs, according to the Commonwealth Fund 2012 Biennial Health Insurance Survey.

Online education company Career Step, in conjunction with YES HIM Consulting, has launched a self-evaluation tool for healthcare facilities to measure level of preparedness for ICD-10 implementation.

OmniMD, based in Tarrytown, N.Y., and a division of software development company Integrated Management Systems, has released its OmniRCM billing solutions software product.