ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

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.

On Jan. 10, 2017, President-elect Donald Trump told Congress there is no time to waste on an ACA repeal, according to the New York Times.

Despite concerns over ACA enrollment numbers dropping with escalating premiums, enrollment continues to increase, according to MedPage Today.

The North Carolina Medical Society partnered with St. Louis' Centene Corp. and the North Carolina Health Center Association to offer healthcare plans to Medicaid patients, The News & Observer reports.

After adding 330,000 customers in 2016, Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna's CEO David Cordani is aiming to add 500,000 in 2017, the Hartford Courant reports.

After submitting a request to expand the North Carolina's Medicaid program for 2018, the Obama administration promised swift action, while Republican lawmakers plead to CMS to reject the request, The News & Observer reports.

Lumbar spinal stenosis affects 8 percent to 11 percent of people in the United States; by 2021, around 2.4 million Americans are expected to have spinal stenosis. The typical spinal stenosis sufferer is more than 50 years old and can…

CMS is waving some penalties associated with failure to meet physician quality reporting system requirements because of incomplete updates to the ICD-10 code sets, according to an American Academy of Family Practitioners report.

A New York Times story argues the speed of the possible ACA repeal is leaving healthcare lobbies stunned.