ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

President Donald Trump tweeted that he'd eliminate insurance-based subsidies to payers and Congress if a new ACA alternative was not passed, the Reuters reports.

Republican attempts to pass a "skinny" ACA repeal bill failed on May 28 after Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, voted against it, CNN reports.

In their attempt to pass an ACA alternative, Congressional Republicans are shifting their focus from an all-out appeal to an advanced drafting process, CNN reports.

Centene Corp. announced its second quarter fiscal year 2017 earnings, headlined by a strong performance on its ACA exchange offerings, Reuters reports.

Commercial payers comprise the bulk of ASCs' payer mix, on average, according to VMG's 2017 Multi-Specialty ASC Study Intellimarker.

Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health penned a deal with Cigna that applies to Cigna customers obtaining healthcare at the health system's ASCs, hospitals and employed physicians, according to Mountain Express.

Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini spoke with Yahoo! Finance about the two events that shaped his views on healthcare. The first was when his son, Eric, was diagnosed with a deadly form of lymphoma in 2001. Eric is currently the sole…

When Regent Surgical Health first started developing ASCs in 2001, the company was heavily focused on independent centers. But as reimbursement networks narrowed, Regent pivoted to hospital partnerships.

In 2016, California Governor Jeffery Brown signed Assembly Bill 72, which impacts facilities such as ASCs, according to JD Supra.

Here are four legislative updates for ASC leaders to note from the past month.