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ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has extended the reasonable cost payment for clinical laboratory tests performed by hospitals with fewer than 50 beds in qualified rural areas as part of their outpatient services for the cost reporting periods…
CMS should improve payment processes that allowed $231 million in overpayments identified by Recovery Audit Contractors in the three-year demonstration phase of the RAC program, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.Differences in coding for screening or diagnostic colonoscopies have been a pressing issue for more than a decade and the new health…
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.1. Reporting CPT 29877 instead of 29879 due to lack of documentation without consideration of a physician queryOne of the biggest challenges…
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Unlike many other types of ASC services, gastroenterology, by nature, is more limited in terms of the ability of operators to select certain procedures to maximize reimbursement.
RTI Biologics, an Alachua, Fla.-based processor of orthopedic, dental, hernia and other biologic implants, has entered into an agreement with Reimbursement Principles, a full service consulting group specializing in medical device reimbursements, which includes the development of a toll-free hotline…
1. Describe your results and successes in 2009. In 2009 we added another pain intervention physician. Our worker's compensation caseload increased significantly in 2009, which increased our revenues. We also increased our cashflow by collecting out-of-pocket deductibles and co-pays up…
The Parker Center for Plastic Surgery in Paramus, N.J., has added fee estimates to its Web site to enhance patient education, according to a press release.
CMS will expand the number of ICD-9 diagnosis and procedure codes it will accept on an institutional claim beginning in 2011, according to a CMS provider education article.