ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

A new website can now inform consumers of medical care costs outside their insurers' approved providers before they ever set foot in a healthcare facility, according to a Buffalo News report.

The following Q&A comes from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website.   Q: Will CMS adjust ambulatory surgical center payment for multiple procedures performed during the same operative session under the revised ASC payment system?   CMS: When…

The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has updated its guidelines for female screenings and is asking for government support on the changes.

A Senate bill designed to curb Medicare fraud would let viewers see how much individual physicians earn from Medicare, according to an American Medical News report.

CMS has updated its Medicare Learning Network payment system fact sheet for the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule, according to an AAPC report.

The American Medical Association has announced a contest for all U.S. physicians, residents and medical students to submit a unique iPhone application idea and have the chance to see it "come to life," according to an AMA release.

CMS has made several changes which affect the reimbursement of drugs and biologics in ambulatory surgery centers, according a report from the ASC Association in its ASCA Government Affairs Update and documentation from CMS.

Medical-related bankruptcies spiked significantly from 2002-2007, according to David Himmelstein, professor of public health at City University in New York and associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) has announced the launch of a database which provides Medicare payment rates for outpatient procedures, cataract surgeries and MRIs to ambulatory surgery centers and hospitals in each Pennsylvania county.

Hospitals must take steps to curb medical bill inflation if they want to reduce industry costs, according to an L.A. Times report.