ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Twenty-six states expanded Medicaid benefits in 2017, with 17 more planning to do so in the coming year, according to Kaiser Health News.

The American Gastroenterological Association compiled tips for physicians to help them avoid paying a penalty related to CMS' 2017 Quality Payment Program.

$2 Million Judgement Against Anesthesiology Practice for Improper Billing of Time Units Places Spotlight on Coding Details and Documentation

Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., agreed on a bipartisan deal that would restore the ACA's cost-sharing subsidies for two years, the New York Times reports

U.S. News & World Report released its Medicare Advantage Plan ratings for 2018.

Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., told The Hill that negotiations over the Children's Health Insurance Program are at a stalemate.

The American Gastroenterological Association and Alliance of Specialty Medicine urged legislators to increase flexibility around the Merit-based Incentive Payment System.

Physicians still prefer to operate in a fee-for-service payment system, according to a US Front Line of Healthcare Survey.

The Trump administration is discontinuing cost-sharing reduction payments to health insurance companies, according to a statement released by HHS Acting Secretary Eric Hargan and CMS Administrator Seema Verma.

A survey, conducted by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives and KLAS Research, showed providers with telehealth programs are planning on increasing their use of the programs despite reimbursement concerns, HealthDataManagement reports.