ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

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.

The ASC market's future is crowded with surgery centers competing for patients and health systems acquiring practices, many centers are looking for ways to standout.

Along with the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Congressional Budget released a report detailing the consequences of government officials implementing a policy that would terminate the ACA's cost-sharing reductions.