Ambulatory surgery centers enrolling in the Medicare program for the first time, revalidating their Medicare enrollment or adding a new practice location will have to pay CMS a $505 fee beginning March 25, according a report from the ASC Association…
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Displaced aerospace workers may seek employment in the healthcare industry when the space shuttle program ends this year, sending thousands of aerospace workers into unemployment, according to a Florida Today report.
CMS has published a MLN Matters article on the importance of coding the place of service by physicians and billing agents who submit claims to Medicare.
GENASCIS, a billing, revenue cycle management and data analytics firm in the ambulatory surgery industry, has announced the development of MEDIBIS Mobile, which the company says will provide physicians and ASC administrators access to relevant data on their facilities' financial…
New technology has prompted CMS to reconsider its recently updated national coverage determination for MRI, according to an AAPC release.
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Patients say they would pay medical bills more promptly if physicians provided online access to bill pay, according to an American Medical News report.
Connolly Healthcare, the RAC for Region C, has posted new CMS-approved audit issues, including the first for ambulatory surgery center claims, according to the Connolly website and an HCPro Revenue Cycle Institute blog.
The following Q&A comes from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website. Q: Does CMS adjust Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment under the revised ASC payment system for geographic differences in wages based on where the ASC is…
South Shore Hospital, based in Weymouth, Mass., is reimbursing Medicare for about $341,000 from 249 billing or coding errors in 2008 and 2009, according to a Patriot Ledger report.
Ronald A. McFarland, president of Verimed Services and Medical Alliance Partners in State College, Pa., has admitted to embezzling $2.46 million in health insurance reimbursements from two cancer treatment centers, according to a Centre Daily Times report.