Due to changes that have gone into effect, including the Affordable Care Act revisions to the 2010 Medicare physician fee schedule and corrections to the MPFS, a large number of Medicare fee-for-service claims will undergo reprocessing to readjust inaccurate payments,…
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
There are significant changes to the Current Procedural Terminology codes for orthopedic and spine surgeons in 2011, according to an article in AAOS Now.
Results of a HIMSS ICD-10/5010 Readiness Survey show that one-third of respondents reported not being prepared for 5010 compliance, which is the latest version of standards for the conversion of electronic health records, according to a HIMSS news release.
The economy is only slowly starting to turn around, and Medicare reimbursements are taking a hit as well. It's no wonder, with the future looking so grim, that ASCs are nervous and anxious about how to remain competitive and financially…
Here is the current list (as of Feb. 9, 2011) of posterior chamber (P-C) and anterior chamber (A-C) intraocular lenses recognized by CMS.
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In an article published in AAPC's Coding Edge, Angela "Annie" Boynton, BS, RHIT, CPC, CPC-P, CPC-H, CPC-I, CCS, CCS-P, provides some best practices for organizations to prepare for ICD-10 1,000 days from its implementation date of Oct. 1, 2013.
T.K. Miller, MD, medical director of Roanoke (Va.) Ambulatory Surgery Center, cites 10 assertions payors make in contract negotiations and how he would respond.
Here are five ways to improve coding at your ambulatory surgery center, according to Daria Semanyshyn of Advanced Medical Practice Management.
Two ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes are no longer eligible for a co-morbidity payment adjustment under the End-State Renal Disease Prospective Payment System, according to a release by the American Association of Professional Coders.
Ambulatory surgery center industry experts regularly preach about the difficulties ASCs face when attempting to collect co-pays and deductibles following a procedure and patient discharge. If the payment isn't collected up front, there's a good chance the surgery center will…