Here are five ways to use data, training and physician participation improve your revenue cycle process in 2011.
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
Here are 10 statistics on cash in ambulatory surgery centers, based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.
Average salaries for coders increased slightly in 2010 over 2009 compensation, and coders have a lower rate of employment compared to the rest of the nation, according to the AAPC's 2010 Medical Coding Salary Survey.
Editor's note: The following column is a part of larger "Understanding Financials" series written by Matt Lau, director of financial analysis for Regent Surgical Health. To re-read "Understanding Financials: Your Income Statement," click here. To re-read "Understanding Financials: Your Balance…
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…
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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…
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…