ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Workers' Compensation claims are exempt from HIPAA and therefore not required to switch to the ICD-10 code set; however, practices may find it more practical to fully adopt the new codes rather than maintaining separate systems, according to a Claims…

  The number of physicians paying medical malpractice fees has fallen to the lowest number on record, according to a report from Public Citizen.

CMS is considering its policy for disclosing the data after a federal judge lifted a 1979 injunction that barred the release of individual physicians' annual Medicare payments. That court decision stems from a January 2011 request from Dow Jones, publisher…

Health Revenue Assurance Holdings has added two independent members to its board of directors, Peter Russo and Michael Brainard.

Surgery Center Network has become a sponsor of the Association for Corporate Health-Risk Management, an employer-exclusive community in the Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. marketplaces.

The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgeons released a statement supporting the CPT Editorial Panel's statements about covering minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion procedures.

The Surgery Center Network recently hosted a focus group bringing together third-party administrators from across the country to discuss the health insurance industry's expectations of a surgery network.

In a Medscape Today report, Elizabeth Woodcock, founder and principal of Woodcock & Associates, which focuses on medical group operations and revenue cycle management, lays out four benefits that ICD-10 may offer for physicians.

  Allina Health and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota have joined forces to offer patients a new kind of insurance plan that includes some free office visits, full coverage of many prescription drugs and eliminates co-pays, according to a…

SourceMedical has ranked among the largest revenue cycle management firms in a recent Modern Healthcare report.