ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Here are 50 statistics on medical coder salary based on state, according to AAPC's 2010 Medical Coding Salary Survey.

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.

Here are 20 statistics about the cost of ICD-10 for physician practices, based on 2008 data released by Nachimson Advisors, LLC, on behalf of various healthcare organizations. Organizations involved are listed below.

CMS announced April 25 that there is sufficient evidence to conclude that MRI improves health outcomes for Medicare patients with implanted permanent pacemakers, according to an AAPC release.

Cook County Health & Hospitals System is struggling to fill patient billing positions, perhaps due to the system's "perceived instability" and the positions' low pay, according to a Chicago Sun-Times report.

AAPC recently announced that Cynthia Stewart and her board will take over National Advisory Board leadership for the next two years, according to an AAPC release.

The purpose of establishing a formal physician query process is a step in the right direction for obtaining accuracy and integrity in reporting coded data. A necessary component in any compliance plan is the assignment of correct codes in a…