ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Watertown, Mass.-based Athenahealth is buying Boston-based Healthcare Data Services, according to CBS Money Watch.

The medical billing industry is always changing, and when billers stay on top of the latest guidelines and regulations, they can receive due reimbursements, according Healthcare Finance News.

ABRY Partners has announced a significant investment in SourceMedical Solutions, based in Birmingham, Ala.

CPT copyright 2012 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. The following article is written by Cristina Bentin, CCS-P, CPC-H, CMA, president of Coding Compliance Management.

Medical coders should not overlook the Healthcare Common Procedure Code Set, even though CPT and ICD-9 codes may be more widely used, according to Physicians Practice.

RemitDATA, a consulting company for healthcare revenue cycles and cash collections, has named two new executives, John Stanton and Phillip McClure.

Surgeons have been seeing sudden and unannounced coverage changes for common spinal procedures over the past year, leading to denied claims and a loss of revenue and resources. The strategies used by many insurance companies to rein in costs have…

Harris Interactive conducted an online poll about adults' preference and decision-making process with physician appointments, according to Med City News.

A recent study found robotic-assisted retropubic radical prostatectomy had no better outcomes than the same procedure done without robotics, according to AAPC.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has responded to the proposed ASC payment rule by calling for all ASCs to report their costs, according to an ASCA Government Affairs Update.