ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

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.

Here are the top 10 reasons why the most commonly billed procedures in ambulatory surgical facilities were unexpectedly denied based on data collected between November 5, 2012 and February 11 2013 by RemitDATA, an independent source of comparative analytics for…

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.

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

To fully and properly implement ICD-10, healthcare practices will need more detailed information and increased cooperation from physicians, according to Advance.

Burbank, Calif.-based Health Data Vision raised $2.8 million through a Series A funding round and will put the funds toward developing new software and services for medical records and billing, according to SoCal Tech.