Editor's note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in Anesthesia Business Consultants eAlerts, a free electronic newsletter. Sign-up to receive this…
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are prepping to determine payment rates for two new Current Procedural Technology codes for circulating tumor cell testing, according to the Sacramento Bee.
Austin, Texas-based St. David's HealthCare is coming under fire for billing urgent care patients with emergency room prices, according to The Statesman.
CMS official Cindy Mann announced this week that states may choose whether to expand their Medicaid program initially and, later, decide to drop out of the expanded program.
At the American Medical Association's 2012 House of Delegates meeting, members voted to evaluate ICD-11 as a possible alternative to ICD-9, while the ICD-10 implementation date looms nearer, according to Dynamic Chiropractic.
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The American Health Information Association has released new online training courses to prepare coders for the imminent transition to ICD-10, according to Healthcare IT News.
In a July 31 webinar titled, "ICD-10: Are You Prepared?", Kevin McDonald, senior vice president of ASC billing services for SourceMedical, spoke with a panel of industry professionals on how ASCs can best prepare for the upcoming switch to ICD-10…
Four senators — Jeff Merkely (D-Oreg.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Robert Menendez (D-N.Y.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) — sent a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asking it to make changes to how healthcare debts are reported to credit agencies, according…
The following article was written by Carol Ciluffo, vice president of revenue cycle management for Pinnacle III. Learn more about Pinnacle III.
Remittance began last week for HIPAA 5010, the new standard that regulates the electronic submission of specific healthcare transactions, according to AAPC.