ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

CMS has made numerous changes to covered benefits for Medicare beneficiaries since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, according to an AAPC report.

Utah could have a health insurance cooperative by 2013, if federal officials endorse the Aarches Community Health Care plan introduced today.

Physicians may have more time to dedicate to other practice concerns following a delay of the ICD-10 coding system, according to an American Medical News report.

Healthcare providers are lagging behind the efforts of payors and pharmaceutical companies in exchanging data with others, according to a PwC U.S. Health Research Institute report.

A New Jersey proposal would instate approximately 1,000 price codes controlling how much physicians, surgery centers and hospitals can charge for outpatient treatments for auto accidents, while abolishing another 117 price controls due to physician backlash, according to an NJ.com…

Representatives from the ASC Association recently met with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on payment policies in surgery centers, according to an ASCA release.

House Republicans have recently made progress in their effort to eliminate the Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board, a 15-person board tasked with cutting government Medicare spending, according to an American Medical News report.

Women pay more than men for the same health insurance coverage, according to new data from online brokers and a New York Times report.

In the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's annual payment policy report (pdf) to Congress, MedPAC officials recommended that Medicare payments for ASCs increase by 0.5 percent for the 2013 calendar year.

A recent AAPC report gave an overview of coding a diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma.