ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Wyoming saved a large sum of money by shifting cases to ASCs in 2014.

California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-South Gate, said officials will hold hearings over the state's single-payer health plan proposal after Sept. 15, according to Mercury News.

Health Data Management reports approximately 34 states have laws that support telehealth reimbursement.

Here are three legislative changes taking hold in the healthcare industry for ASC leaders to note:

Exeter, N.H.-based CBS Medical Billing & Consulting added a 5,000-square-foot office in Portsmouth, N.H, to its portfolio, Seacoast Online reports.

Chicago-based Illinois Bone & Joint Institute partnered with Universal Research Solutions, aka OBERD, to collect and report outcome data to CMS as part of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System.

The U.S. Senate is holding bipartisan hearings with state governors and health insurance commissioners in an attempt to stabilize the individual health insurance marketplace, the Tennessean reports.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., told Politico he would introduce a single-payer "Medicare for all" healthcare bill when Congress returns from recess in September.

Practices have a variety of options when it comes to coding. Diagnostic Imaging published an article highlighting the benefits of coding in-house versus outsourcing coding.

The White House announced ACA-related subsidy payments would continue through August, with a decision about 2018 payments imminent, CNBC reports.