ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Conflict is developing between Cincinnati-area employers and physicians over a new health plan designed to save employers money at the cost of hospital balance billing, according to USA Today.

Health Revenue Assurance Holdings has hired Mike Gallagher, MD, as its chief medical information officer.

Here are five tips for billing and coding for spine procedures at surgery centers from National Medical Billing Service's Senior Vice President, Coding Angela Talton.

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.