ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

California State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones recently announced that small businesses across the state will begin saving $48 million, following a decision from three insurers to reduce pending rate hikes that would have taken effect July 1, according to an…

Julia Hashemieh, co-founder of Bay Area Surgical Management, a California surgery center chain that was recently sued by Aetna for alleged overbilling, likened the chain's out-of-network strategy to acting as the "Robin Hood" of the healthcare industry, in a Bloomberg…

Dan Rodrigues, CEO of Kareo, discusses how small surgery centers and medical practices can ease the transition to ICD-10. "ICD-10 will have a big impact on the medical reimbursement project and technology is important for that transition," says Mr. Rodrigues.…

Here are 13 issues dealing with Medicare or Medicaid that occurred in the past week, starting with the most recent.

Here are 18 statistics about the best regional payors by location, according to Medscape’s Insurer Ratings Report 2011. In all regions, Blues Plans and Aetna were ranked among the top insurers by physicians.

Here are four recent disputes involving ambulatory surgery centers and insurance companies over payments and in-network status.

Melissa Corral, a member of the AAPC Chapter association and provider relations representative for Health Partners, recently advised physician practices and surgery centers to understand their contracted rates and request fee schedules from payors on a regular basis, according to…

Lawsuits filed by Aetna and UnitedHealthcare earlier this year, alleging that California surgery center chain Bay Area Surgical Management fraudulently overcharged the companies, reveal an inability on the part of those insurers to control healthcare costs, according to a column…

Michael Orseno, revenue cycle director for Regent Surgical Health, shares five strategies to improve your ASC's business office processes.

Jessica Nantz, president and founder of Outpatient Healthcare Strategies, discusses 12 strategies to improve reimbursement processes in your surgery center.