ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services updated ASC procedure rates to reflect the deal Congress reached in postponing the 27 percent physician sustainable growth rate and sequestration cuts, according to the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association.

Here are four tips for hospital billers and coders to more accurately capture and document patient encounters, according to The Hospitalist.

Humana's Medicare Advantage, commercial and Medicaid members will be able to receive in-network care at Halifax Health Twin Lakes Surgical Center, among other Halifax Health facilities, according to a Daytona Beach News-Journal report.

MedPAC has approved a recommendation that ambulatory surgery centers receive a 0% increase in payment rates for 2014, according to an ASCA report.

John Bartos, CEO of Collect Rx, is a veteran in the field of healthcare and information technology. In his current role, he oversees a company with expertise in out-of-network reimbursement, assisting surgery centers that choose not to negotiate contracts with…

Electronic medical record cloning is widely used by physicians and vendors to save documentation time, but the Department of Health and Human Services has taken a strong opposition to the practice, which it believes will inflate healthcare costs and increase…

Healthcare providers came under increased False Claims Act scrutiny in 2012, but also achieved many successful court decisions, according to Mondaq.

Here are five steps to increase patient collections at ambulatory surgery centers from Jim Devitt, an expert in healthcare revenue cycle management.

Insurance giant Aetna will not reimburse California office-based surgeries for facility fees, a policy that could affect physician offices across the state.

The American Medical Association is still seeking further delay of the ICD-10 implementation deadline, saying the transition will be a costly burden that does not improve patient care.