ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Medical Pay Solutions and RevSource Solutions have formed a strategic alliance to help healthcare providers boost patient billing and collections processes.

Forty-seven percent of healthcare practice leaders named ICD-10 implementation as a top priority and 39 percent have invested $1 million or less in the transition, according to a Healthcare Information Management Systems Society leadership survey.

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.