ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

If federal antitrust guidelines were applied to health insurance markets, 99 percent of them would be deemed "highly concentrated," according to an AMA release.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has reported that some carriers are not recognizing the PT modifier for ASC claims, according to an Ambulatory Surgery Center Association release.

GENASCIS, a provider of billing, revenue cycle management services and supporting technologies for ambulatory surgery centers, recently presented a free webinar titled, "Keys to Transforming Surgery Centers Into a Profitable Business."

Coding experts disagree on the effectiveness and necessity of ICD-10, according to a set of opposing editorials published by the American Association of Professional Coders.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently clarified when modifier KY DMEPOS item subject to DMEPOS competitive bidding program number 5 should be used to report durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies subject to competitive bidding, according to…

Here are 10 statistics about ambulatory surgery center A/R turnover, based on VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.

Ken Bulow, COO of GENASCIS, identifies 10 key provisions and terms to look for in your surgery center's managed care contracts and offers recommendations for what you should expect under these terms.

UnitedHealthcare and Saint Thomas Health Services have extended by two weeks a contract that allows United members to continue in-network access to Saint Thomas' medical facilities, a decision that affects patients of at least three surgery centers, according to a…

Here are three mistakes coders make that can lead to denied claims in ambulatory surgery centers.

Eric J. Woollen, vice president of managed care for Birmingham, Ala.-based Practice Partners in Healthcare, cites three ways health plans are corralling out-of-network ambulatory surgery centers into their networks.