Humana members in Florida will have in-network access to more than 6,000 Envision Healthcare clinicians under a multiyear, statewide agreement the two entities announced on Nov. 12.
ASC Coding, Billing & Collections
Anthem, UnitedHealthcare, Humana, Health Care Service Corp and CVS Health together control more than 38 percent of the health insurance market, according to ValuePenguin, a resource for consumers looking to make more informed financial decisions.
In March 2019, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota instituted a site-of-service policy asking physicians to refer patients to high-quality, low-cost care at ASCs when medically appropriate.
In 2019, almost 50% of all insured individuals were insured through employer-sponsored plans. In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the unemployment rate climbed to a high of 14.7% before dropping to between 7.9 and 8.3% as of September…
While COVID-19 initially caused a shutdown or significant slowdown for surgery centers, ASCs have worked their way back to achieving pre-pandemic volumes. Surgery centers have proven to deliver safe and high quality outcomes, and have become a very attractive destination…
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Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare will install Ashish Goulatia as president of revenue collections and executive vice president of technology enablement on Dec. 1.
Monthly premiums for Medicare Part B coverage for outpatient care will increase to $148.50 in 2021, an increase of $3.90, according to a CMS announcement Nov. 6.
In 2020, claim volume changes, as well as an increase in uninsured patients, have caused ripple effects through the emergency medicine community.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made proactive revenue cycle management and cash flow top priorities for ASCs, according to Regent Revenue Cycle Management, an independent division of Westchester, Ill.-based Regent Surgical Health.
We have all heard the famous but unattributable quote, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."