ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

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CMS is considering whether to provide Medicare coverage for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, and is requesting evidence speaking to the health outcomes attributable to the use of LSG in the Medicare population, according to the CMS solicitation and an Internal Medicine…

Healthcare administrators are "terrified" as the 2013 ICD-10 implementation date looms closer, according to a Government Health IT report.

The Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society is asking vendors to participate in a vendor-readiness project around ICD-10 compliance, according to a Cardiovascular Business report.

Ohio union workers in more than 550 school districts, townships and other government units will experience an increase in healthcare costs if voters approve a collective bargaining law, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.

Donald Berwick, MD, is pressing for nationwide innovation in quality of care as the leader of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, where errors, unnecessary care and other waste account for about one-third of the $1 trillion taxpayers spend annually on…

Employers' healthcare costs are expected to exceed $10,000 per employee for the first time in 2012, according to a study from human resources consultant Aon Hewitt.

Missouri healthcare providers are most frequently shortchanged by the Medicare program, according to an annual report issued by CMS last week and reported in the Kansas City Business Journal.

The National Committee for Quality Assurance published new rankings of health insurance plans today, giving individuals a way to compare plans and seek out quality, according to a Consumer Reports report.

Amitai Etzioni, a professor at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., recently wrote an op-ed for The Huffington Post that encourages lawmakers and healthcare leaders to focus on cutting costs before reducing reimbursement.