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ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
The upcoming implementation of ICD-10 has been seen by many as a necessary update of a rapidly outdated system, whereas others feel that the changes are too sweeping to be enacted in only three years, according to a report in…
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The fastest way for a practice to increase profitability is to improve its revenue cycle, according to David Wold, CEO of Healthcare Information Services in Park Ridge, Ill. "A practice that seriously examines its revenue cycle and takes steps to…
A transmittal from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services provides guidance on the voluntary use of advance beneficiary notices and adjustments to two modifiers used when billing for these services, according to a report in MLN Matters.
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In its 2010 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule, CMS eliminated the use of "consultation" codes (CPT 99241-99245) for new patient consultations by specialty physicians. Starting in 2010, practices must bill for these services using regular evaluation and management codes…
Officials from Wichita, Kan.-based Preferred Health Systems and Bethesda, Md.-based Coventry Health Care answered questions from the Kansas Insurance Department and members of the public at a hearing regarding PHS's possible sale to Coventry, according to the Wichita Business Journal.
CPT copyright 2008 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.The following advice on Medicare's new consultation codes comes from LuAnn Jenkins, CPC, CEMC, CFPC, a coding and reimbursement consultant who heads…
Here is the average payor mix as a percent of gross chargers for surgery centers by the ASC's total annual revenue, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.
A newly proposed amendment to the Senate healthcare reform bill would postpone eliminating Medicare consultation codes that is scheduled for Jan. 1, according to a release from a coalition of the AMA and several specialty groups.