Oklahoma City-based Surgery Center of Oklahoma is partnering with health maintenance organization GlobalHealth, according to NewsOK.
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The latest attempt to repeal the ACA, the Graham-Cassidy ACA Repeal Bill, would drastically cut Medicaid, eliminate ACA-related subsidies and raise premiums for everyone purchasing coverage through exchanges, according to CNN.
Proper coding is quintessential for a practice to be sustainable. Stephanie Ellis, president of Ellis Medical Consulting, identified seven common coding mistakes in gastroenterology and endoscopy and provided solutions on how to fix them.
A Houston-based Texas Medical Center Health Policy Institute survey found physicians and patients have similar beliefs why healthcare costs are increasing and how the nation can rein them in.
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.
