ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Lolita M. Jones, RHIA, CCS, independent coding and billing consultant, discusses six initial steps ambulatory surgery centers should take to prepare for the transition to ICD-10.

CPT copyright 2010 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.   The AAPC has published a column analyzing the many changes made to ENT procedures in CPT 2011.

Physicians have been denied claims for using a Kalypto Medical negative pressure wound therapy pump because they were unaware that a contractor assigned it a miscellaneous Medicare code, according to a Star Tribune report.

In preparation for the industry-wide switch to a new medical coding system, Minneapolis facilities are calling for more coders to handle the demands of ICD-10, according to a Star Tribune report.

Caryl Serbin, executive vice president and chief strategy officer for SourceMedical, recommends ambulatory surgery centers take the following 20 steps to improve collections from third-party payors.

SourceMedical has announced the launching of Revenue Cycle Solutions, a newly formed business unit of the company, and organizational changes following SourceMedical's acquisition of Serbin Surgery Center Billing late last year.

Forty-one percent of consumers lack confidence in the accuracy of their medical bills, according to the second annual HealthCare Check-Up Survey from Intuit Health.

Outpatient spine is still almost entirely out-of-network, but a few payors are beginning to agree to reasonably priced in-network carve-outs. Merritt Healthcare, based in Somers, N.Y., successfully negotiated carve-outs for 16 spine procedures with a payor in Massachusetts. Matt Searles,…

Implementing ICD-10/CPT-10 is the top financial IT priority for healthcare provider organizations in 2011, according to the 22nd Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey, sponsored by Citrix.

The following article is written by Rosalind Richmond, chief coding and compliance officer for GENASCIS. CPT copyright 2010 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.   It gets hard to say…