ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Eight states and the District of Columbia have been conditionally approved to run their own state health insurance exchange to open for customers by 2014, according to a blog post by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

3M Codefinder Software received the top KLAS award for a software product for medical records coding, according to Daily Finance.

Epic and Athenahealth were the top ranked electronic health record providers this year in research firm KLAS' awards, according to Medscape Medical News.

Employers are increasingly offering generous incentives, including waiving deductibles or giving out bonuses — to employees who choose lower-cost providers for surgical care, according to an LA Times report.

Hospital acquisitions of independent physician practices are driving up overall healthcare costs, according to the Charlotte Observer.

PatientFocus, a medical billing company based in Nashville, has added Philip Hertik and Lucius Burch, IV, to its board of directors, according to the Fort Mill Times.

Here are five steps for surgery centers to optimize payor contract negotiations.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released revised instructions for review contractors admonishing them to review all medical record entries signed by physicians, even ones created using the Limited Space Templates from electronic medical records.

Sea Girt, N.J.-based startup company Advance Response has formed to provide follow-up billing support to medical practices as everyone prepares for their ICD-10 implementation, according to Med City News.

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.