ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

The American Hospital Association petitioned CMS to delay the application deadline for its new bundled payment model by a month to convey additional information to its members, AJMC reports.

Sean McSweeney, founder and president of Apache Health, a Los-Angeles based medical billing company, gave three helpful tips for orthopedic surgery coding. 

The Philippine Department of Information and Communications Technology will fund a program training and medical coders and billers to become U.S.-certified, according to SunStar. Here are five insights:

CMS reported national healthcare expenditures are expected to grow 5.5 percent through 2026, faster than projected gross domestic product growth, at 1 percent.

A number of state Medicaid programs are imposing unfounded restrictions on hepatitis C treatments, limiting the impact of potential treatments, Medpage Today reports.

During quarterly earnings calls, Anthem, Humana and WellCare Health Plans indicated intentions to capture greater shares of the growing Medicare Advantage market, Forbes reports. Here are six insights:

A class action lawsuit against Envision Healthcare Corp. alleges the physician staffing firm engaged in "balance-billing" for emergency services. Here are five insights:

Change Healthcare and the HealthCare Executive Group released results from their 8th annual Industry Pulse survey providing insights into healthcare from industry leaders.

Sean McSweeney, founder and president of Apache Health, a Los-Angeles based medical billing company, told Becker's ASC Review his top five tips for spine coding.

President Donald Trump's White House proposed a new tax spending plan, outlining his priorities for the coming year in time for Congress to consider spending bills. The plan would increase military spending as well as fund the president's much-discussed border…