Miami, Fla.-based Jackson Health System executives are exploring outsourcing both billing and collections services and emergency room physicians, according to the Miami Herald.
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
Four main obstacles exist for auditing electronic health records, according to Physicians Practice.
Aetna is advising certain recipients not to pay their hospital bills from Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center in Secaucus, N.J., according to NorthJersey.com.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services posted an interactive Provider Compliance Group Interactive Map to help providers determine state-specific organizations which provide Medicare auditing and compliance services, according to AAPC. The map includes contact information, email and websites for…
Out-of-network reimbursement is one of the most discussed issues in the ASC industry, as payors continue to pressure physicians to take cases to in-network centers. The strategy, which used to be a profit-driver in successful centers, is disappearing in some…
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Nashville, Tenn.-based Healthcare giant HCA managed to thrive during the economic recession due to its successful financial model, which included aggressive billing, according to The New York Times.
The Atlanta-based American CyberSystems acquired Burnsville, Minn.-based CrossUSA, a company which offers healthcare-related services such as claims management, billing and enrollment.
San Bernardino, Calif.-based Corcoran Consulting has launched Corcoran Compliance Connection to help ophthalmologists and optometrists improve their claims coding accuracy, according to Modern Medicine.
Tampa, Fla.-based Vitera Healthcare Solutions found in a recent survey that 72 percent of healthcare professionals already use mobile devices for work but only 6 percent use their devices to connect to their electronic health records or e-prescribe, according to…
After seeing growth in Medicare margins between 2004 and 2005, hospital outpatient margins declined in 2006, which reflects changes in the reimbursement for Medicare Part B drugs and the end of hold-harmless payments to SCHs, which were reestablished in 2009.