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Acrometis is partnering with PriceMDs to contain the cost of surgical procedures.

Humana more than doubled the number of states where it offers a bundled payment program for Medicare Advantage members undergoing total hip or knee joint replacement procedures. The model is now available in about 40 provider locations in 13 states.

Billing mistakes are a common source of revenue decline for practices, according to Fi-Med Co-founder and CEO Adrian Velasquez. Fi-Med is a Wauwatosa, Wis.-based predictive analytics provider. 

CMS updated its 2018 Merit-based Incentive Payment Systems web-based tool to help physicians check their eligibility for 2018, AAFP reports.

Practices' revenue declines are often a result of billing errors, according to Fi-Med Co-founder and CEO Adrian Velasquez.

CMS made sweeping changes to ACA rules that added exemptions from coverage requirements and shifted control to states, the government announced in a final notice issued March 9. The rules will take effect for ACA health plans sold this fall…

UnitedHealthcare will terminate its contract with Envision Healthcare and Envision subsidiaries, effective no later than Jan. 1, 2019, according to a court filing.

Researchers who examined claim denial rates for various payers estimated the healthcare sector deals with $11 billion in challenged revenue each year, but the number could be as high as $54 billion.

Two major Michigan health insurers are rolling out bundled payments for hip and knee replacements, Crain's Detroit Business reports.

PriceMDs expanded its surgery cost containment product to include worker's compensation cases.