August 24, 2011

1. ICD-10: Bracing for the Storm and the Coding Update Freeze.

2. Medicare Revenues Rising at Slowest Rate Since 2005.      

3. Survey: Roughly 7 out of 10 Hospitals Collect Less Than 30% of Payments at Point of Service.

4. Only 200 Spots Remain - Early Registration Ends Sept. 1. Register Today for the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference - Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues featuring keynote speakers Sam Donaldson, Adrian Gostick and Bill Walton (October 27-29; Chicago). To register or learn more,

5. Physician Coding: 5 Ways Outsourcing Specialty Skills Can Add Value to the Bottom Line.

6. Medicaid RACs Anticipate Revenue Boom for Rest of 2011, 2012.    

7. California Hospital Offers 25% Discount to Patients Who Pay Bills Quickly.  

8.  Florida Fines Humana $3.3M For Failing to Promptly Disclose Medicaid Fraud.

9. Will ICD-10 Kill the Superbill?

10. Moody's: 20% of Non-Profit Hospitals in the Red.

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