ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Payformance Solutions, a company of the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Altarum Institute, and the Michigan Association of Health Plans announced a pilot program in which Michigan's MCOs can use Payformance's TrustHub software to collaborate through strategic planning and data sharing to…

A study, published in Health Affairs, examined the relationship between Medicaid expansion and hospital closures.

Professional coders are more likely to see compensation increases when they achieve higher credentials, and the percent increase in year-over-year compensation is higher for the most-credentialed individuals, according to the AAPC 2016 Salary Survey.

The Trump administration proposed a new plan that would allow small business owners, employers, sole proprietors and self-employed individuals to group together to purchase insurance in the large group market, according to The New York Times.

CMS launched a new data submission system for physicians to submit 2017 performance data for CMS' Quality Payments Program.

Evolent Health acquired assets from New Mexico Health Connections, which will allow the companies to operate a new health plan.

Kaiser Family Foundation examined data for premiums using the lowest-cost premium for the bronze, silver and gold tiered plans in each state as well as the second lowest cost silver benchmark for patients who were 40 years old in each…

Before evaluating the effectiveness of your employees, it is important to understand who you are as a company. This is achieved by asking your leadership team a few key questions: (1) What are your core values? Do they accurately reflect…

CMS approved a 10-year extension of a Medicaid 1115 demonstration waiver to the state of Mississippi.

The fate of bundled payments, breaking news and Mark Cuban's plan for the future of healthcare captured the attention of Becker's ASC Review coding, billing and collections readers in 2017.