ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

CMS has corrected the list of payable procedures for ASCs, after failing to include three codes — 0303T, 0307T and 0308T — in the list released Nov. 1, according to an ASCA report.

The future of the Bush-era expiring tax cuts is still uncertain, as negotiations between the White House and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) reached a critical phase this week, according to an ASCA report.

A productive business office is essential to get claims paid on time, which in turn impacts profitability. Adriaan Epps, director of contracting services for abeo, discusses six ways to maximize productivity in your business office.

Preparing for the additional codes of ICD-10 can seem daunting, but analyzing codes you use for ICD-9 is a place to start, according to PhysBizTech.

SK&A released its report titled, "Physician Office Acceptance Government Insurance Programs," which showed 83.6 percent of medical providers accept Medicare and 67 percent accept Medicaid, though a decline may be imminent.

Ambulatory surgery centers are now able to bring spine procedures — including spinal fusions — into the outpatient setting. However, some ASCs are having a hard time finding payors who will reimburse for those procedures.

Tammy Luttenberger is the billing and collections manager for Hudson Valley Ambulatory Surgical Center in Middletown, N.Y., and Andrea Clark is the CEO of Health Revenue Assurance Holdings in Plantation, Fla.

Tamara Wagner, vice president of coding at National Medical Billing Services, will present at the Ambulatory Surgery Center Associations' Winter Coding Seminar.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will not fully reimburse states that embark on only partial Medicaid system expansions.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently released statistics on the amount of money collected by this year's Recovery Audit Contractors, and showed $2.29 billion in overpayments from providers, three times more than last year, according to Medical Billing…