The New York Office of the Medicaid Inspector General has released its work plan for fiscal year 2009-10, which describes the agency's plan to combat Medicaid fraud.
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
TITLE: Case Study: Improving ASC Billing and Collections
The reporting of orthopedic, spinal and pain management procedures continue to provide challenges for many ASCs regardless of whether the coder is a novice or a seasoned veteran. Below are five best practices to help ensure your facility captures reimbursement…
Did you know that when your ASC facility has a Medicare patient who requests a Presbyopia-Correcting (PC) IOL lens or an Astigmatism-Correcting (AC) IOL lens (instead of a regular IOL) that there are special guidelines that must be followed to…
PINNACLE Centralized Billing Office, a division of PINNACLE III, a leading operations and management company for ASCs, has changed its name to Specialty Billing Solutions and has expanded its services to include physician billing, according to a PINNACLE III news…
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The Fort Myers, Fla.-based News-Press recently featured Serbin Surgery Center Billing, discussing the company's services and growth over the past year.
The Academy of Professional Coders has announced a comprehensive, five-year ICD-10 training plan, which is intended to guide providers, payors and coders through the ICD-10 implementation process, according to an AAPC news release.
Senator John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.V.) is holding hearings to investigate whether or not healthcare insurers have "systematically short-changed" patients when they use out-of-network providers, according to a report in The New York Times and a news release from Sen.…
Billing and coding is a critical area of ASC operations that must run smoothly and efficiently in order for a facility to become successful. While many ASCs keep these operations in-house, others consider and turn to outsourcing for them.
Caryl Serbin, president of Serbin Surgery Center Billing, shares her thoughts on three critical issues facing ASCs during this struggling economy.