ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Healthcare providers should reevaluate their ICD-10 transition plans to make sure they are on track for seamless implementation next year, according to ICD-10 Watch.

Medical practitioners and administrative staff members should look critically at a practice's current accounts receivable to avoid stunted cash flow and revenue, according to Healthcare Finance News.

This article was written by Paul Cadorette, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, COSC, CASC, Director of Education for mdStrategies.

Healthcare providers should prepare to set aside ICD-10 transition funds for more than just software and equipment upgrades, according to Government Health IT.

Farzad Mostashari, MD, assured healthcare providers at the AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference that the return on investment of electronic health records will eventually be worth the upfront cost and inconvenience, according to EHR Intelligence.

Plano, Texas-based MediGain, a revenue cycle management company, has raised $8.5 million in funding to expand its medical billing and reimbursement services to include ambulatory surgery centers.

The place of service code 11 should only be used for minor surgeries in physician offices, not ambulatory surgery centers, according to AAPC.

HHS and the Internal Revenue Service have proposed rules on the health law's individual mandate, which clarify wider protection from the penalty tax for the uninsured and narrower eligibility for families to receive insurance subsidies.

In late October, QSE Technologies in Englewood, Colo., announced it will join 3t Systems, a complete IT services company based in Greenwood Village. The two companies, though different, bring essential services to the integrated organization: QSE Technologies specializes in IT…

Copying and pasting information on electronic medical records occurs on most surgical notes and can lead to billing inaccuracies and patient harm, according to American Medical News.