ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

In addition to including a slew of new codes, ICD-10 also requires more specific physician documentation, according to Healthcare Finance News.

About 10 percent of healthcare practice owners plan on converting from Medicare providers to concierge or direct pay practices in the next three years, according to Forbes.

Healthcare professionals and ambulatory surgery centers nationwide will be slowly transitioning to the ICD-10 code set in attempts to meet the Oct. 1, 2014, deadline for implementation.

Electronic health records need to become more easy for physicians and patients to use to make the investment worthwhile for practices, according to Healthcare Finance News.

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Healthcare providers have more work to do than setting and sticking to a timeline to create a smooth ICD-10 transition, according to Government Health IT.

A report by America's Health Insurance Plans found New York and Texas have the highest out-of-network Medicare charges in the country, according to Healthcare Daily.

Here are eight ways spine surgeons and practices can combat coverage denials.

Healthcare providers can use relative value units to estimate whether payors are appropriately reimbursing procedures and to secure better future payments, according to American Medical News.

At an American Medical Association-sponsored summit in Washington, D.C., healthcare experts discussed revamping the Medicare pay structure, according to American Medical News.