ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

CMS, in conjunction with the Medicare FFS Program, has announced two National 5010 Testing Days — June 15 and August 24.

Lolita Jones, RHIA, CSS, independent coding and billing consultant, discusses five ways ICD-10 will affect patient surgical encounters in an ambulatory surgery center. This article is the third installation in a four-part series.

Insurance company Aetna has received permission from Connecticut regulators to reduce premiums on individual polices by an average of 10 percent, starting Sept. 2011, according to an LA Times report.

Health Alliance Medical Plans recently asked a judge for a temporary restraining order to block Illinois' new state health insurance contracts and continue Health Alliance HMO as an option for state employees, retirees and dependents, according to a MySurburbanLife report.

The price of health insurance premiums for Connecticut workers and their families has risen 102 percent since 1999, according to an analysis by the Connecticut Health Investigative Team, reported in The Day.

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.   The X-STOP procedure is…

Physicians and patients have found that new regulations around co-pays and coinsurance only worsen the confusion about whether a payment is due, according to an American Medical News report.

On Wednesday, Colorado became the eighth state to set up a health insurance exchange for people shopping for lower rates, a federal requirement under healthcare reform, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.

The Senate declined on May 25 to consider a House-approved plan to cut U.S. spending by $4 trillion over the next decade, an initiative that would have involved significant changes to Medicare and Medicaid, according to an American Medical News…

A recent webinar, "Maximizing Reimbursement for ASCs," discussed how surgery centers can improve revenue cycle processes to achieve appropriate reimbursement. The presenter, Caryl Serbin of SourceMedical Revenue Cycle Solutions, discussed each step of the revenue cycle process and shared tips…