ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Here are five legislative changes impacting the healthcare industry for ASC leaders to note:

AXA Group will acquire Maestro Health to accelerate its payer-to-partner strategy, contingent on regulatory approval.

After ending the government shutdown, the Senate is voting on a spending bill that extends Children's Health Insurance Program funding for six years, Bloomberg reports.

A New Orleans-based surgical hospital is suing Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Louisiana for breach of contract after the insurance company sent payments directly to patients, according to a Louisiana Record report.

A study published in JAMA shows out-of-pocket spending is down, but premiums are up post-ACA implementation.

Four joint replacement surgeons from three separate private orthopedic practices in Greensboro, N.C. are handling bundled payments in a different way, by managing it all themselves.

Medicare ACOs and participating physicians would benefit from assuming more financial risk under the new Medicare payment system, according to an Avalere report.

Here are 30 statistics on ASC payer mix as a percent of overall ASC collections, according to VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2017.

A new Gallup report shows the percentage of uninsured Americans increased 1.3 percentage points over 2017. The results are based on 25,000 interviews conducted with adults from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2017.

As states continue to burn through their Children's Health Insurance Program reserve funding, U.S. legislators said a funding bill could be passed as soon as next week, The Hill reports.