ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

A new Anthem policy that took effect July 1 for local plan members in Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and Wisconsin drives patients who need outpatient imaging services to freestanding facilities. The policy went into effect for members covered in Ohio on…

The estimated $85 billion in damages hurricanes Harvey and Irma caused could spark insurance rate increases around the affected states, USA Today reports.

WalletHub analyzed the uninsured rate among U.S. cities and states in its "2017's Uninsured Rates By City and By State" report.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., along with 16 cosponsors introduced a "Medicare for All" bill aimed at transforming the healthcare system into a government-run single payer system that would expand coverage to more Americans. The bill is not expected to pass…

Healthcare coverage in the U.S. evolved over the past half-decade with the implementation and slow demise of the ACA. Here are key trends from the U.S. Census Bureau's report "Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2016."

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., announced his intentions to cosponsor Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., single payer healthcare bill.

Billing Buddies' Bonnie Flom penned an article on the relationship between practice success and medical billing.

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said a bipartisan healthcare bill could be introduced "within 10 days or so," CNN reports.

Fairfax, Va.-based George Mason University researchers found Vermont's strict certificate-of-need laws increase cost and restrict healthcare access for state residents, according to VT Digger.

In its 2018 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule, CMS stated it was open to considering adding some cardiac catheterization services, cardiac device programming services and electrophysiology services to its covered surgical procedure list, according to an article Ronald Hirsch, MD,…