Here are the top 10 APCs for hospitals by volume along with the national average cost and national average charge for each APC, according the American Hospital Directory's analysis of the latest Medicare claims data.
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
Executives from Massachusetts' leading health insurers, including Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, refused to answer questions by state regulators about their reimbursement practices, according to a report by the Boston Globe.
A provision in the 2005 tax bill will require the Internal Revenue Service to begin withholding 3 percent of Medicare payments to healthcare providers as early as 2012, according to a report by American Medical News.
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Over the past few years, many healthcare facilities have taken a page from manufacturing to make processes more efficient. For surgery centers, one area that is often affected by inefficient processes is billing and collections. Time lost in collections often…
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A new report, Recommended Actions to Improve External-Cause-of-Injury Coding in State-Based Hospital Discharge and Emergency Department Data Systems, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control outlines potential collaborative steps for the CDC…
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CPT copyright 2008 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.Mary LeGrand, RN, MA-CCS-P, CPC, a consultant with KarenZupko & Associates in Chicago, discusses the following three orthopedic coding challenges. 1. Coding…
CPT copyright 2008 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Mary LeGrand, RN, MA-CCS-P, CPC, a consultant with KarenZupko & Associates in Chicago, is a widely recognized expert in coding for…
Physicians are paid less today for many common spine procedures than they were in 2000, according to the blog of Jeffrey Binder, president and CEO of Biomet, which makes spine surgery devices.