ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

A federal judge temporarily halted the Medicaid expansion plans of South Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, WLOS reports.

The Washington Post interviewed President-elect Donald Trump over the weekend about healthcare; Mr. Trump reported his plan would provide "insurance for everybody," according to the report.

In its final MACRA rule, CMS added a new track, MSSP Track 1+ ACO, which aims to expand participation for providers, according to Lexology.

In December 2016, the American Academy of Family Physicians sent a letter to CMS with suggestions on its Medicare's 2017 hospital outpatient prospective payment system and ASC payment system final rule.

Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna entered into a value-based agreement with San Diego's Scripps Health to offer employers value-based services.

The U.S. Senate voted 51 to 48 on Jan. 12, 2017, to pass a budget resolution authorizing House and Senate committees to begin work on legislation to repeal portions of the ACA, The Washington Post reports.

Participating in the Medicare Advantage program has quickly become a key part of the Medicare-based population health strategy for many large healthcare provider organizations. In Medicare Advantage, the program provider (either an insurance company or a healthcare provider organization) enrolls…

Eliminating the ACA could also repeal these four key revisions, according to Kaiser Health News reporters Julie Appleby and Mary Agnes Carey.

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) reintroduced the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act, according to Miami Herald.

During his goodbye speech on Jan. 10, 2017, President Barack Obama spoke about various healthcare improvements such as the nation's diminishing uninsured rate, according to MedPage Today.