ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

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.

On October 25 at the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Bobby Sarnevesht, managing partner of Bay Area Surgical Management, Inc., will give a presentation discussing how providers can go from out-of-network to in-network facilities.

The Connecticut Joint Replacement Institute has struggled to get its bundled payment model accepted by commercial payors, according to the Hartford Business Journal.

Hospitals should refrain from charging top-dollar rates for services rendered to the 2 percent of Massachusetts residents who are uninsured, according to an editorial in The Boston Globe.

Medical billing serves a crucial role in collecting revenue for practices, and so it's crucial to decide whether outsourced or in-house billing services are right for your health system, according to MedCity News.

The final rule for Stage 2 of the Meaningful Use program was released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services last month, and the ruling provides clarity for radiologists and hospitals, according to Diagnostic Imaging.