Two more senators have proposed bills to publish Medicare claims data online, following the introduction of a joint transparency bill by Sens. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) last month, according to an American Medical News report.
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Claims denial-management programs can significantly reduce the number of denied claims for practices, according to an American Medical News report.
The Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society has announced its support of a bill which would require managed care plans in the state to use "usual and customary" charges based on the 85th percentile of FAIR Health's outpatient rates database for…
The National Council on Compensation Insurance recently examined how workers' compensation medical payments responded to changes in fee schedules for particular services, according to a Risk and Insurance report.
Mid-Town Surgical Center in Houston filed a lawsuit on May 4 in the Harris County District Court against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, alleging breach of contract and negligent representation, according to an Ultimate East End report.
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Donna SanGiovanni, CPC, CASCC, CHI, a former member of AAPC's National Advisory Board and a clinical practice specialist in the Department of Digestive Diseases at Yale University, recently discussed the proper way to code a screening colonoscopy in ADVANCE for…
Kenneth Pettine, MD, a fellowship-trained spine surgeon and co-owner of the Loveland (Colo.) Surgery Center, lists five ways cash payments for spine surgery can help the patient and the ASC.
As we enter the second decade of the 21st century, medical practices face a host of financial challenges. The unknowns of health care reform, changing reimbursement and rising bad debt from the uninsured have introduced a multitude of pressures and…
In an editorial in GovHealthIT, David Stone, executive vice president of Medical Management Professionals, discussed the "significant issues and potential concerns" that hospital-based practices may face as they transition to ICD-10.