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ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 26, Lisa Rock, president of National Medical Billing Services, discussed six areas ASCs must address in order to succeed with out-of-network billing.

Federal officials announced their investigative priorities for the coming year, and possible Medicare overbilling by physicians and hospitals using electronic medical records, according to The Center for Public Integrity.

Officials in the department of Health and Human Services are disputing questions from Republican lawmakers about the necessity of the $27 billion meaningful use electronic health record incentive program, according to Healthcare IT News.

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Connance, a revenue cycle productivity provider, conducted its third annual Connance Customer Impact Survey of people who received hospital services within the last two years and determined a link between billing satisfaction and hospital referral.

Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic, Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania and other major health systems are meeting with patients to improve billing systems and create easier-to-read bills, according to Fierce Healthcare.

More than 100 medical societies signed a letter to U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) earlier this week, requesting the eliminating of the SGR formula, according to an ASCA report.

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