ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

J. Mario Molina, MD, president and CEO of Long Beach, Calif.-based Molina Healthcare, is speaking out against the American Health Care Act, saying the law will have major consequences for the tumultuous payer industry, according to The New York Times.

If the American Health Care Act comes to fruition, Americans will face an average deductible increase of $1,150, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis.

A Washington, D.C.-based National Academy of Medicine report found alternative payment models and health data exchange were among the top priorities for payers in 2017, HealthPayerIntelligence reports.

The U.S. House voted 416-7 to advance H.R. 372, the Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2017 to the Senate.

Following President Donald Trump's statement that many are leaving the medical field due to the ACA, FactCheck.org analyzed this claim and found the number of active physicians increased between 2010 and 2015.

538 Editor-In-Chief Nate Silver penned a column examining the American Health Care Act's approval ratings.

McLean, Va.-based Capital One served as the administrative agent for a $30.5 million loan for a medical office building acquisition building in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Republican lawmakers introduced several changes to Medicaid through several revisions to the American Health Care Act March 20, 2017. NPR examined the work requirement's potential impact.

Indianapolis-based Anthem filed a reply in its antitrust case March, 20, 2017, saying its value-based contracts with providers could better drive down spending, compared to Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna's value-based contracts, The Hartford Courant reports.

As the healthcare industry becomes increasingly competitive and consumer-driven, employing a proactive approach to patient collections will help ASCs remain successful.