ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

A new study has shown that having health insurance coverage does not necessarily protect consumers from accumulating medical debt, according to a Health Behavior News Service report.

Rob Morris, vice president of marketing and new business development for GE Capital's CareCredit, discusses 10 simple ways surgery centers can start collecting more money from patients.

CMS has released its 2012 proposed payment rule for ambulatory surgery centers and hospital outpatient departments, which calls for a proposed ASC Medicare across the board fee increase of 0.9 percent beginning Jan. 1, 2012, and the establishment of a…

The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing has lost thousands of names of applicants for medical aid, marking the second time the department has lost a large amount of data in the last year, according to a Denver…

A Newark, N.J., man has been charged with refusing to forward an insurance payment to Northwood Surgery Center in Lower Nazareth Township, N.J., according to a Lehigh Valley Live report.

The Michigan House has approved a bill that would cap a public emlployer'’s contribution at $15,000 for family coverage and $5,500 for individual policy coverage, according to an MLive report.

Health insurance rates will increase for more than 1.5 million California residents starting today, according to a Sacramento Bee report.

Up to 220,000 uninsured California children may be excluded from healthcare reform programs due to their or their parents' immigration status, according to a California Watch report.

New CMS regulations are targeting so-called "mini-med" healthcare insurance plans, which cover routine and inexpensive healthcare needs but not catastrophic care, according to a Healthcare News report.

CPT copyright 2010 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.   Tamara Wagner, BS, CPC, is coding manager for National Medical Billing Services.   Q: What is the most appropriate way…