Alaskan lawmakers introduced two bills that would require Medicaid recipients to work to receive benefits, according to ctpost. Here are seven things to know:
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The implementation of the Affordable Care Act was associated with large coverage gains in targeted Medicaid expansion groups, including cancer survivors, a study in Medical Care found.
WHO has published a beta draft of the ICD-11 that includes new chapters and changes to code structures, according to ICD10 Monitor. Here are eight insights:
A federal court judge ruled against UnitedHealth's attempt to dismiss a False Claims Act suit related to overpayments, according to a report on Lexology. Here are six insights:
CMS's recent decision to allow states to deny Medicaid benefits to people who do not fulfill a work requirement may prevent patients with substance use disorders from receiving treatment, according to a letter to the Trump administration signed by 160…
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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.