ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

The U.S. government pays $685 billion to subsidize health insurance annually, Bloomberg reports.

Anthem will acquire Aspire Health, a palliative care provider.

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association believes its Blue Distinction Total Care program is performing 96 percent better than competing programs in quality and outcome-related metrics.

The uninsured rate for 2017 held at 9.1 percent (more than 29 million people) despite attempts by President Donald Trump to dismantle the ACA, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Coordinating a patient's care with primary care physicians and care teams helps reduce wasteful spending, according to Lightbeam Health Solutions Vice President Sean Henson.

Anthem quelled fears it would leave Indianapolis behind to relocate to its new Atlanta-based technology center by announcing a $20 million expansion, the IndyStar reports.

Definitive Healthcare's database contains 712 ASCs in the Midwest. Here is the latest data on the total number of Medicare procedures for 10 centers in the region.

Black Book released its 2018 value-based care study, examining the physician workforce's transition to value-based care.

TransUnion Healthcare agreed to acquire Healthcare Payment Specialists, a company focused on helping providers identify and recover Medicare reimbursements.

Patients' financial responsibility for their healthcare is on the rise and showing no signs of slowing down. Long gone are the days of $25 co-pays and $250 deductibles. A TransUnion Healthcare analysis showed that patients experienced an 11 percent increase…