ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Proper documentation training for cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons uncovered $1.5 million in additional revenue at BryanLGH Heart Institute in Lincoln, Neb., according to a Cardiovascular Business report.

The Treasury Department has changed the interest rate Medicare contractors can charge or pay for claims under- and over-payments, according to an AAPC release.

Physicians must upgrade their practice management systems to meet new standards or risk foregoing electronic payments from private insurers and Medicare starting Jan. 1, 2012, according to an American Medical News report.

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.   Posterior lumbar interbody fusion…

Palmetto GBA, the Part B MAC for jurisdiction 1 and 11, has determined thermal capsulorrhapy not medically necessary due to the lack of clinical evidence to demonstrate improved health outcomes, according to an AAPC release.

CMS has published a three-page chart providing coding guidance for Medicare preventive services.

The Arizona Supreme Court will not review a petition from two Arizona ambulatory surgery centers which claim the state's leading workers' compensation insurer broke the law by using an outside vendor to determine what the ASCs should receive for workers'…

A Government Health IT story that questioned whether ICD-10 should be delayed until 2016 met with criticism from readers who believe another delay is unnecessary, according to a GovHealthIT report.

The California Division of Workers' Compensation has become one of the first states to provide e-billing in workers' compensation by implementing new regulations for standardized paper billing forms and electronic billing standards, according to an Insurance Journal report.

Lolita Jones, RHIA, CSS, independent coding and billing consultant, discusses five ways ICD-10 will affect "front office" processes in an ambulatory surgery center. This article is the second installation in a four-part series. Read Ms. Jones' thoughts on six initial…