ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

New York-based health insurance and analytical startup Zipari has secured $7 million in Series A funding.

CMS will penalize several clinicians in 2017 for not complying with meaningful use requirements demonstrating EHR use in 2015, according to a Medscape report.

Fewer Americans have forgone medical care out of cost concerns under the ACA, a Commonwealth Fund report found, according to Los Angeles Times.

The antitrust trial over the proposed Aetna and Humana deal is coming to a close, with both parties' attorneys reaffirming their claims for and against the deal, according to Hartford Courant.

Here are three legislative changes impacting ASCs.

CMS created a Medicare-Medicaid ACO model to improve the quality of care and lower costs to the programs' beneficiaries.

During the antitrust trial over the Anthem-Cigna deal, a government witness said the merger may hurt consumers in certain cities and states, according to Hartford Courant.

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Independent Health and Chautauqua IDS are teaming to create a value-based reimbursement system, the Observer Today reports.

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Penn.) and Rep. Joe Pitts (R.-Penn.) sent a letter to President Barack Obama questioning the ACA's expansion of Medicaid and its "wasteful" spending, The Hill reports.

ACA enrollment for a single day hit a new high on Dec. 15, 2016, according to The Washington Post.