ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Gainesville-based Northeast Georgia Health System had named Marti Strand as its vice president of revenue cycle, according to Access North.

StenTel has partnered with M-Scribe Technologies to improve revenue cycle management, including medical billing, coding and clinical documentation.

Healthcare providers and executives should closely monitor their Medicare compliance to avoid recovery payments from the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, which has collected $4.8 billion in false payments since 2007, according to Health Leaders Media.

Health Revenue Assurance Holdings has hired Joe Brophy as senior vice president of operations.

U.S. Representative Phil Roe, MD (R-Tenn.) has introduced a bill that aims to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board, a 15-person panel that recommends spending cuts to Medicare, according to an ASCA report.

Merrillville, Ind.-based Horizon Financial Management will expand its operations and add 216 jobs in the next three years.

GE Healthcare has launched an upgraded version of its electronic medical record and practice management software.

More ambulatory surgery centers are performing orthopedic cases today, and those cases are increasingly complex. With the addition of these cases come new challenges for negotiating payor contracts, but surgery centers can still achieve good rates if they leverage their…

ZH Healthcare has added new features to its ZH OpenEMR Patient Portal to allow for greater communication between patients and physicians.

Direct CONTROL and HTR Business and Technology Services are teaming up to help healthcare organizations become eHealth compliant, according to Pulse IT Magazine.