The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services expects to pay around $4 billion to ASCs for outpatient services in 2011, according to a preview of its final rule for Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System in the Federal Register, released in…
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
A revised version of a New Jersey bill regulating the out-of-network insurance market in the state has been released, and the New Jersey Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers said that while it is far from happy with the new bill,…
The scanning computerized ophthalmic diagnostic imaging code (CPT 92135) has been removed from the CPT 2011 codebook, according to an AAPC release.
Aetna has added new information to its health insurance benefits statements that might enable members to identify billing errors or physician fraud, according to a Consumer Reports report.
Josiah Lamz, director of marketing for MedBridge, says up-front collections are one of the most effective ways to maximize payment on individual cases. "I commonly see that centers don't collect anything from patients on the date of service or they…
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Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, chairman of the board and CEO of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians and medical director of the Pain Management Center of Paducah (Ky.) and Ambulatory Surgery Center in Paducah, shares a best practice for more…
Coding and billing is a tricky part of ASC business, as it requires deep, thorough knowledge and great attention to detail. Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, chairman of the board and CEO of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians and medical…
ASCs today face numerous challenges, many of which involve the revenue cycle. Several challenges are not new — decreased reimbursement, retaining competent business office staff and negotiating successful payor contracts. These issues will need to be addressed every year for…
Durango Outpatient and Parkway surgery centers in Las Vegas may lose coverage from the Health Services Coalition, a group of 24 self-funded insurance plans, if the payor organization cannot resolve its dispute with St. Rose Dominican Hospitals over reimbursement rates,…
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. The American Medical Association has issued a set of updates to the 2011 CPT codebooks, according to a report from…