ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

St. Paul, Minn.-based Panacea Healthcare Solutions will launch its newest coding publication at the 2013 HCCA Compliance Institute on April 22.

In a recent webinar Kelly Webb, MediGain vice president and general manager of the ASC Billing Division, discussed how ASCs can grow revenue through analyzing payor mix and using both out-of-network and preferred provider organization insurance contracts.

A recent National Medical Billing Services blog post discusses proper procedure for Medicare Quality Reporting for ambulatory surgery centers.

Question: How will the 2 percent Medicare payment reduction as a result of sequestration impact ambulatory surgery centers?

Six Republican U.S. senators released a report Tuesday criticizing the federal government's $35 billion electronic medical record incentive program, with concerns ranging from privacy issues to billing fraud, according to The Center for Public Integrity.

Cambridge, Mass.-based Iora Health raised $14 million in series B growth financing from investors, including Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh.

Wolters Kluwer Health outlined key challenges to the use of Infobutton technology for electronic health records in a Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association article.

The Arizona Senate will once again look at a bill to provide medical pricing transparency after the original version of the legislation was vetoed last week by Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, according to an Arizona Republic report.

EDCO Health Information Solutions and HealthPort have partnered to improve health information protection.

CMS will host a Medicare National Provider Call on April 18 to discuss transitioning to ICD-10 in 2013.