ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

The New Jersey Insurance Transparency Bill (also referred to as the out-of-network bill) has passed the Assembly by a vote of 41-28-7, according to Jeffrey Shanton, chair, Advocacy and Legislative Affairs Committee, New Jersey Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers. Editor's…

CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.   Nov. 2010's CPT Assistant article states that fluoroscopy is inclusive to ESI codes and that it should not be reported:…

CMS will host a national provider teleconference on "Preparing for ICD-19 Implementation in 2011" on Jan. 12, 2011, according to a CMS release.

At its meeting this Thursday (Jan. 13), MedPAC is expected to approve a modest increase in Medicare ASC payment of about 1.0 percent for ASCs for 2012, according to Marian Lowe of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Advocacy Committee.

Here are 14 statistics on coder salary based on job description, based on data from AAPC's 2010 Medical Coding Salary Survey.

Limited accuracy of ICD-9 codes in workers' compensation cases may present challenges to analyzing data on medical providers, according to an editorial published in Risk & Insurance.

AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions, a provider of medical billing and practice management services, has announced it has acquired AMSplus, a division of CBay Systems, a provider of billing and practice management services since 1982.

Here are average 2010 coder salaries based on credential, according to AAPC's 2010 Medical Coding Salary Survey.

Ron Brank, a group vice president for Symbion in Nashville, Tenn., offers 10 points on using cost data for managed care contract negotiations.

CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.   The AMA has published more updates to the CPT Category I and III codes for 2011, including edits to the…