In an effort to remove potential slowdowns for states in Medicaid enrollment once millions more are expected to join the rolls next year, top CMS officials have simplified the system and proposed strategies to encourage early and efficient enrollment.
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
As the burden of the ICD-10 transition wears on, CMS reminds providers of the new code set's importance to medicine.
Stephen Rothenberg, JD, a consultant with Numerof & Associates, Inc., discusses how ambulatory surgery center leaders can negotiate more beneficial payor contracts for ophthalmology procedures and the outlook for eye surgery as a specialty in the future.
This article is written by Rob Morris, Vice President, Marketing and New Business Development at CareCredit, a part of GE Capital.As more employers adopt insurance plans with higher deductibles as a way to better manage and save on employee healthcare…
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.
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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…
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.