ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said Republicans legislators are revising the American Health Care Act to lock down more votes for the proposal, CBS News reports.

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a brief on March 13, 2017, arguing the potential merger between Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna and Indianapolis-based Anthem would result in increased prices to consumers and hampered innovation in the market, the CT Mirror reports.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cole will allow a Chicago-based ASC to pursue documents from the American Physicians Assurance Corp. — the medical malpractice insurer that worked with the center after a 2003 incident at the center that lead to a…

With Republicans launching their American Health Care Act, Kaiser Family Foundation polled the public about their knowledge on key ACA provisions as the replacement plan may impact many key elements.

Here are statistics on the average payer mix at ASCs as a percentage of collections, according to the VMG Health 2016 Intellimarker Multi-Specialty ASC Study.

The Senate voted in favor of President Donald Trump's pick to lead CMS  — Seema Verma, according to USA Today.

Dallas-based Surgical Notes' recently launched revenue management solution, SNBilling, offers ASCs personalized billing services.

The Congressional Budget Office, composed of non-partisan analysts, estimate the American Health Care Act will cost 14 million more Americans their insurance in 2018 compared to the ACA, as reported by CNN Politics.

The American Health Care Act is expected to impact millions of Americans' premium tax credits based on their age, income and location, according to KFF.

In its annual report, Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna said if Republicans change the Medicaid program, it would have big impacts on the company's bottom line, the Hartford Courant reports.