Anthem is focusing on bundled payment initiatives and incentives for delivering care in the appropriate setting, according to a fourth-quarter 2019 earnings call transcribed by The Motley Fool.
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ASCs can improve their cash flow by regularly evaluating aspects of the revenue cycle process, according to Serbin Medical Billing.
Demetrio Aguila, MD, has a novel solution to healthcare affordability: allowing patients to pay for surgical procedures through volunteer work.
ASC software developer Surgical Information Systems outlined key surgery center payments trends.
Medicare might be overpaying surgeons because of built-in reimbursements for postoperative care, according to an analysis by RAND Corp., a nonprofit research organization.
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The Department of Justice collected over $3 billion from civil cases involving alleged False Claims Act violations in 2019, according to a Jan. 9 announcement.
An annual coding contest revealed that the accuracy of outpatient coding worsened in 2019, ICD-10 Monitor reports.
Springfield, Pa.-based Crozer-Keystone Health System reached an agreement to join Cigna's network, providing Cigna Medicare Advantage customers access to all Crozer-Keystone facilities.
WhidbeyHealth in Coupeville, Wash. is recruiting surgeons to increase its volume of outpatient surgeries as it attempts to cut losses and increase revenue, according to local newspaper the South Whidbey Record.
Texas recently passed legislation that generally prohibits the practice of balance billing in cases where patients can't choose their medical provider, according to law firm Gray Reed.