ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Kareo has raised $20.5 million during its Series F round to fund its cloud-based medical billing software, according to Dow Jones.

Neighborhood Health Plan and Partners HealthCare gave out $4.25 million in grants for its Partnership for Community Health program to fund health information technology, according to Government Health IT.

Here are five steps to better billing practices at ASCs.

Procedural coding errors can lead to lost revenue or unintentional upcoding at ambulatory surgery centers.

The American Medical Association will incorporate current procedural technology codes for molecular pathology into the Genetic Testing Registry as part of its plan to enhance the National Institute of Health's database.

MedCare MSO has created a blog to feature medical coding and billing information and to provide practitioners clarity for electronic medical record news, according to Healthcare Finance News.

CMS published a rule Monday that clarifies some provisions of President Obama's healthcare reform law, according to an ASCA report.

AHIMA and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services responded to the American Medical Association's criticism of the ICD-10 implementation, according to EHR Intelligence.

Electronic health record and practice management company athenahealth is teaming up with MedOasis to provide anesthesia-specific billing services, according to the Fort Mill Times.

Health Systems Management Network created a physician clinical documentation ICD-10 and hospital ICD-10 specialty practices to address the gap between coders and physicians, according to Healthcare Finance News.