ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Key Developments and Strategies for Medicare Reimbursement

In a session at the Becker’s Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 18, Ken Perez, senior vice president of marketing and director of healthcare policy at MedeAnalytics, discussed key developments in Medicare reimbursement and strategies to deal with…

Achieving Best Practices in Revenue Cycle With Electronic Medical Records

In a session at the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 18, Rebecca Black, vice president of revenue cycle at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta, discussed how electronic medical records could be best utilized within a hospital's…

Large Employers Look to Contract Directly With Physicians

More self-insured employers are considering direct contracting with physicians, as healthcare experiences continued upheaval due to reform and increases in the cost of coverage, according to an American Medical News report.

ASC Association: Surgery Centers Cannot Be Expected to Implement EHR

In comments to CMS, the ASC Association urged the agency to abandon its policy of counting patient encounters in an ASC towards the determination of whether a physician has met the requirement of utilizing a certified EHR in at least…

29 New Statistics on Surgery Center A/R

Here are 29 statistics on surgery center A/R, based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.

3 Ways Physicians Can Influence Payors

An American Medical News article highlighted three way for physicians to influence payors to change a policy, fix a problem or reverse a decision.

Highmark Medicare Services Changes Name to Novitas

Part A/B Medicare administrative contractor Highmark Medicare Services has changed its name to Novitas Solutions, according to an AAPC report.

Internal Medicine Physicians Most Satisfied With EHR; Ophthalmologists, Least

Internal medicine physicians like using electronic health records more than physicians in other specialties, according to a report from health research firm KLAS and an AAPC report.

Arizona to Review Insurance Rates Without Federal Aid

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is moving to implement part of the healthcare reform law by reviewing insurance rates to determine if any are "unreasonably high," despite the state's opposition to the reform law as a whole, according to an NECN…

Outpatient Facilities Negotiate Better Reimbursement Rates Than Physicians, Study Says

Hospitals and outpatient surgery centers have been more successful at bargaining for higher rates from employer-sponsored health plans than physicians in 2012 so far, according to data from Milliman Inc. in Seattle.