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ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
The American Academy for Physician Assistants has posted a list of procedure codes that Medicare will not reimburse physician assistants for in 2011.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has requested to gauge provider readiness for 5010 and ICD-10 in an industry-wide survey, according to a Cardiovascular Business report.
The California Ambulatory Surgery Association continues to challenge regulations that would reduce workers' compensation rates to ASCs, according to an ASC Association release.
At the American Glaucoma Society meeting, Stephen A. Kamenetzky, MD, OCS, said ophthalmologists will see lower reimbursement for optical coherence tomography following changes in CMS coding, according to an OSN SuperSite report.
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ICD-10 will impact productivity of healthcare organizations on many levels, slowing the process of documentation, entering new codes and payor communication, according to an AAPC release.
There are several steps ambulatory surgery center administrators can take to ensure the negotiations are successful as possible. "We feel very strongly about choreographing every step of this process from the start. Know what the insurance company means to you,"…
Drug manufacturers are already behind the curve in planning for ICD-10, according to a report written by John Hosier for Gerson Lehrman Group.
In a settlement with the Department of Justice, Wichita Falls, Texas-based United Regional Health Care System has agreed to stop entering into contracts that improperly inhibit commercial health insurers from contracting with the system's competitors, according to a news release…
CMS has issued its latest Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter and it addresses areas including incorrect coding of tracheostomy and excisional debridement as a result of recovery audit findings.