Lack of transparency persists as a problem with healthcare pricing culture, and some experts attribute this to better care not always equating better profits for health systems, according to a Healthcare IT News report.
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
Healthcare Billing and Management Association announced support for devices to streamline healthcare processes, including CAQH's electronic funds transfer tool.
Access MediQuip, a surgical and implant management company, has expanded its national contract with WellPoint, a health benefits company that includes more than 36 million members.
CMS released updated procedure files for ICD-10-PCS, including an updated "Official ICD-10-PCS Coding Guidelines" document and new code tables and index that add four procedure codes for new technologies.
Small surgery centers and healthcare practices face all of the same challenges for ICD-10 implementation as larger practices without the same resources. Here are five considerations for small surgery centers as they move through the implementation timeline, according to EHR…
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Prakash Patel, MD, CEO of the Lake Mary, Fla.-based Access MediQuip, has launched a blog to discuss healthcare issues, surgical implants and trending business topics.
National Medical Billing Services, a national healthcare revenue cycle management company with a focus on servicing ambulatory surgery centers and affiliated surgeons, has been named to the 2013 Global Outsourcing 100 list by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals.
Billing and coding operations at ambulatory surgery centers are rapidly changing. ASCs may need to evaluate and update certain practices to stay relevant, compliant and profitable.
Dayton, Ohio-based Kettering Anesthesia Associates outsourced its billing to Zotec Partners, an Indianapolis-based medical billing and practice management company.
At the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago May 10, Vince Pryor, CFO of Edward Hospital in Naperville, Ill., and Bruce Shapiro, senior vice president of operations at The CCS Companies, parent company of CCS Revenue Cycle Management, discussed…