ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

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…

CMS will host teleconferences on the ICD-10 implementation on Jan. 12 and on the Medicare fee-for-service implementation of the HIPAA Version 5010 and D.0 transaction standards on Jan. 19, according to an AHA News Now report.

Even though Congress approved a zero percent update for Medicare physician fees in 2011, the CMS calculation for the 2011 conversion factor represents a 7.8554 percent cut, according to a report by the Idaho Medical Association.

Here are six ways to collect full payment for as many of your center's cases as possible.

CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.Paul Cadorette, director of education for mdStrategies, discusses five changes to CPT codes in 2011.

CMS has announced it is delaying enforcement of policy included in the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule requiring a physician's or qualified nonphysician practitioner's signature on requisitions for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests paid under the clinical laboratory fee…

CMS has issued a modification to the HCPCS Level II code set, according to a report from the AAPC.

CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.   The following was written by Cristina Bentin, CCS-P, CPC-H, CMA, principal of Coding Compliance Management.   It is recommended that…