ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Electronic health records have boosted the market for speech recognition software, according to KLAS research group.

When President Barack Obama implemented a massive overhaul of U.S. healthcare in 2010 through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, it was a moment of change that had not been seen for almost two decades.

John Bartos, CEO of Collect Rx, presented a webinar titled "Debunking the Myths of Out-of-Network Reimbursement." During the presentation, Mr. Bartos spoke about the payor approach to reducing out-of-network reimbursements, opportunities for ambulatory surgery centers to continue with out-of-network and…

Nader Samii, CEO of National Medical Billing Services, will take part in a panel on healthcare investments at the 10th Annual Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity and Finance Conference in Chicago this week.

M*Modal and 3M have announced a technology collaboration aimed at improving clinical documentation for healthcare providers.

Ambulatory surgery center reimbursement as a percentage of hospital outpatient departments has declined steadily since 2003, with a huge drop between 2003 and 2008, according to the VMG Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011 report.

The American Academy of Family Physicians spoke out in opposition to recent current procedural terminology code edits from the National Correct Coding Initiative, saying the edits may affect patients' access to immunizations.

HHS released the final rule for changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's Privacy, Enforcement and Breach Notification Rules, which will take effect in March to address health IT-related issues and increase patient protection, according to AAPC.

CMS issued several tips for mitigating risk during the ICD-10 coding transition.

More St. Louis medical practices are adopting concierge payment policies to deal with the mounting costs of operating off of insurance company reimbursements, according to KSDK.