ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

President Barack Obama's $3.77 trillion budget plan for the 2014 fiscal year, if approved, would raise overall federal spending about 6 percent above the current sequester rates, but it would cut Medicare's budget by an estimated $370 billion through reduced…

Austin, Texas-based MAP Health Management appointed Bill Cox as its director of billing.

Medical Center Health System in Odessa, Texas, will have its ICD-10 code set switch funded by the Ector County Health District, as officials voted unanimously last night to financially support staff training, according to an Odessa American report.

Nearly 30 million uninsured Americans stand to gain coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a report called "Health Insurance Exchanges: Long on Options, Short on Time," by PwC's Health Research Institute.

Of all the motivations healthcare providers have for switching or adopting an electronic health record, four drivers have the greatest impact, according to EHR Intelligence.

Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Ill., has altered its billing practices for patients covered by State of Illinois health insurance, according to a Quincy Journal report.

Here are six tips from ambulatory surgery center experts on optimizing billing operations and reducing claim denials from commercial payors.

In an effort to reduce administrative burdens on hospitals and other providers, CMS has reduced the minimum medical record requests from Medicare Recovery Auditors — formerly known as Recovery Audit Contractors, or RACs.

When President Barack Obama's budget proposal is released next Wednesday, Medicaid will not be among the many line items to shrink since last year, according to a report by the Associated Press.

Dallas-based Surgical Notes, an ambulatory surgery center transcription and coding provider, has developed an internal coding application for its clients that aims to reduce accounts receivable days and eliminate data entry errors.