ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

The following article is written by Azadeh Farahmand, CEO and founder of GHN-Online.   The clock is ticking and it's no secret that the government mandated pair — HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 — requires healthcare organizations to cover an enormous…

A new Illinois law blocks providers of radiology, anesthesiology, pathology, neonatology or emergency room services from "balance billing" patients who have received care from an in-network ambulatory surgery center, according to a Life and Health Insurance report.

Gov. John Kasich has announced that Ohio plans to set up a state health insurance exchange, mandated under the federal health reform law, according to a WFMJ report.

Medicare fails to cover many healthcare expenses for low-income seniors, who constitute a large percentage of the pool of Medicare recipients, according to a Washington Post report.

Connecticut is planning to select a board and staff members to oversee the development of a state health insurance exchange, which would allow individuals and small businesses to comparison shop for health insurance starting in 2014, according to a Health…

The annual Iowa Employer Benefits Study showed a disparity growing between rural and urban Iowa in the cost, availability and quality of employer-based health insurance, according to a Des Moines Register report.

Former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt, advisor to Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney, has expressed his support for state health insurance exchanges, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Chuck Brown is administrator of Bidwell Surgery Center, a Health Inventures ASC in Middletown, Ohio.

The Wall Street Journal recently started a discussion about whether a person's financial status should impact the Medicare benefits they receive.

Federal health officials say Montana has failed to create a system to review health insurance rate increases in the state, and the federal government will therefore take over reviews starting Sept. 1, according to a Missoulian report.