San Francisco Firm Offering Credit Lines To Some Providers During ICD-10 Transition

San Francisco-based Trans Pacific National Bank is offering physician practices with three to 10 doctors immediate credit lines to avoid any cash flow issues as the health care industry transitions to new ICD-10 billing codes. Some providers have expressed concerns about delays in Medicare payments during the transition.

• "S.F. Giants' Team Physician Spurs Bank To Create Credit Line Easing Doctors' Medicare Pain" (Calvey, "Bay Area BizTalk," San Francisco Business Times, 10/5).