ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Negotiating profitable payor contracts is essential for ASC success, particularly as commercial reimbursement rates drop and Medicare and Medicaid populations expand. Marty Winslow, director of reimbursement for Nueterra Healthcare, discusses strategies for payor contract negotiation and the effect of health…

CPT copyright 2010 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.   The following article is written by Stephanie Ellis, RN, CPC, president of Ellis Medical Consulting. Total disc arthroplasty procedures are…

On Monday, the New Jersey Senate passed a bill that would require half a million teachers, police officers, firefighters and other public workers to pay a portion of their health insurance premiums based on income, according to an AJC report.

The Louisiana House on Monday unanimously backed a proposal that would end Gov. Bobby Jindal's "coordinated care networks" on Dec. 31, 2014, unless they receive legislative reauthorization, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.

Illinois state employees and retirees who had yet to select an insurance plan or wanted to change an earlier selection were required to make their decisions by Monday at 5 p.m., according to a Pantagraph report.

Consulting firm McKinsey & Company has addressed the controversy over its recent study, which reported the healthcare reform law may prompt large numbers of employers to stop offering health insurance benefits to employees, according to a Talking Points Memo report.

Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania has announced it will launch a new plan to save money for employers and insured employees, according to a Times-Tribune report.

Blue Shield of California has said the health insurer will limit its annual net income to 2 percent of revenue, a pledge that takes effect for the company's 2010 revenue, according to an American Medical News report.

The rate of inaccurate claims payments has increased since last year among leading commercial health insurance companies, according to the AMA's fourth annual National Health Insurer Report Card.

A measure introduced by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) would allow consumers to use health savings accounts, flexible spending arrangements and medical savings accounts to pay for retainer primary care services provided by concierge practices, direct primary care practices and other…