ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

1. Devise a defined collections policy. It's crucial for surgery centers to have a defined collections policy that patients understand even before they arrive at the surgery center. If the patient knows what their responsibilities are and when payment is…

Here are 14 issues dealing with Medicare or Medicaid that occurred in the past week, starting with the most recent.

Former President Bill Clinton spoke at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference and advocated for healthcare pricing transparency and driving down the cost of care by addressing preventable, chronic diseases, according to Info World.

Many health systems behind CMS' 32 Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations disagree with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's approach to quality measurement and are demanding changes to the Pioneer program, according to a Washington Post report.

Surgical Notes has launched the Surgery Center Network, a service to connect a network of ambulatory surgery centers to insurance plans, workers' compensation payors and the general public.

Warren, N.J.-based AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions acquired Hill Associates, a New Hampshire-based medical billing company.

Here are eight significant factors making an impact on spine surgery coverage rates.

New Jersey-based Hudson Holdco has been accepted into CMS' bundled payment pilot program, which began in 2009, according to the Hudson Reporter.

Plantation, Fla.-based Health Revenue Assurance Holdings announced enrollment for the beta version of its ICD Visualizer, which will now support ICD-10.

1. Learn From HIPAA 5010 Transition. Last year, the HIPAA electronic claimsstandard changed from version 4010 to 5010, and the transition served as a lesson for theupcoming switch from ICD-9 to ICD-10. Practices most prepared for to adopt version5010 had…