ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Insurance company Aetna recently reached out to members and their physicians to alert policyholders when a referral for an outpatient surgical procedure takes them out of the Aetna network, creating another obstacle for out-of-network surgery centers.    

Shareable Ink and Medical Web Technologies have announced they have partnered to offer a solution that integrates information collected preoperatively by Medical Web Technologies' One Medical Passport System directly into Shareable Ink’s intraoperative system.

Maryland has made changes to the federal program that offers health insurance to state residents with pre-existing conditions, according to a Baltimore Sun report.

Approximately 5,000 Phoenix women covered by Aetna could be forced to switch physicians because of a dispute between the insurance company and Drs. Goodman and Partridge OB/GYN, according to an AZ Central report.

In March, CMS extended the enforcement deadline for HIPAA 5010 compliance to July 1 — a small relief for practices, but one that does little to alleviate the financial problems caused by medical claim denials. Facilities continue to report that…

The Obama administration has awarded $21 million to help community health centers in Florida expand and serve 41,190 additional patients, according to a Sun-Sentinel report.

CPT copyright 2012 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.This article features a Q&A with Cristina Bentin, CCS-P, CPC-H, CMA, president of Coding Compliance Management. Learn more about Coding Compliance Management…

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has said Kentucky needs to be ready to run a health insurance exchange, which are set to go into operation under federal healthcare reform law on Jan. 1, 2014, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.

There are several tough coding issues ambulatory surgery centers face every day, whether they arise from incomplete documentation, coding updates or technical challenges with capturing the right information for procedures performed. In a webinar presented titled "Tough Coding Issues Facing…

The guidelines that refer to physician and coding staff associated with CPT code 29880 and 29881 changed when chondroplasty is performed with a meniscectomy, meaning the change for 2012 is with the meniscectomy CPT codes — not with the chondroplasty…