Minnesota Rep. Jeremy Munson, R-Lake Crystal, introduced a bill in the state legislature that would mandate hospitals and clinics to publish price information on their 25 most common procedures, the Mankato Free Press reports.  By Eric Oliver - 3/13/18

Physicians, medical groups and coding experts requested 25 diagnosis codes at the ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting, March 6 and 7, along with 16 procedural codes.  By Angie Stewart - 3/13/18

A study at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management in Chicago discovered the cost of physician services climbs as healthcare providers increasingly gain market power through mergers and acquisitions.  By Angie Stewart - 3/13/18

Global 1 expanded its medical bundled payment system to include a network of more than 85 outpatient surgery centers, featuring more than 650 physicians, in California.  By Eric Oliver - 3/13/18

Pain management specialist Subramaniam Khanthan, MD, of Jersey City-based Hudson Medical is charged with 16 counts of healthcare claims fraud for billing insurance for treatments that were unnecessary or never performed, NJ.com reports.  By Angie Stewart - 3/12/18

CMS issued an update to its policy on evaluation and management documentation provided by students, allowing teaching physicians to verify student work rather than re-documenting it.  By Angie Stewart - 3/9/18

Amazon is offering Medicaid recipients a discounted subscription to the company's Amazon Prime membership, the Indy Star reports.  By Eric Oliver - 3/9/18

CMS Administrator Seema Verma made a speech at HIMSS18, March 5 to March 9 in Las Vegas, touching on several topics related to the agency and the future of healthcare.  By Eric Oliver - 3/9/18

Cigna intends to purchase Express Scripts for $54 billion, CNBC reports.  By Eric Oliver - 3/8/18

The federal government collected about $20 million in civil fraud recoveries from 2013 to 2017, with most related to False Claims Act violations, according to the Bass, Berry & Sims Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Review 2017. Here are five statistics.  By Angie Stewart - 3/8/18

Here are statistics on Medicare and Medicaid cases at ASCs based on the VMG Health Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2017.  By Laura Dyrda - 3/7/18

HHS Secretary Alex Azar assured providers value-based efforts would both continue and likely be accelerated in the coming months in a recent speech, Home Health Care News reports.  By Eric Oliver - 3/7/18

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman penalized EmblemHealth with a $575,000 fine after thousands of social security numbers were disclosed in a mailing, the Cheektowaga Chronicle reports. Here are six insights.  By Angie Stewart - 3/7/18

The ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee is discussing proposals for procedure and diagnosis code topics March 6 and 7 at the CMS Auditorium in Baltimore. Here are eight things to know about the committee meeting and how to submit input.  By Angie Stewart - 3/6/18

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina reported a 2017 net income margin of $0.078 for every dollar of revenue, but its average net income margin from 2013 to 2017 was below target. Here are five takeaways.  By Angie Stewart - 3/5/18

A Fairhope, Ala.-based pain management physician who pled guilty to healthcare fraud and unlawful distribution of a controlled substance will be asked to pay over $14.7 million in restitution to the companies he defrauded, AL.com reports.  By Shayna Korol - 3/5/18

There is justifiably a lot of excitement regarding the launch of Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced).  By Geoff Walton, Vice President, Stryker Performance Solutions - 3/2/18

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield won't proceed with a policy that would have slashed reimbursement rates for evaluation and management services billed with modifier 25 by 50 percent. Here are four insights.  By Angie Stewart - 3/2/18

Medicaid providers repaid 9.6 percent of the $19.7 million owed to the state as of November 2017, according to a report by Ohio Auditor Dave Yost. Here are four insights.  By Angie Stewart - 3/1/18

In late 2017, Atlanta-based Navicure bought Louisville, Ky.-based claims management firm ZirMed for a reported $750 million. Matt Hawkins, the newly named CEO of the combined company Waystar hopes to make new hires in the coming years, WDRB.com reports.  By Shayna Korol - 3/1/18