ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Despite news swirling about an ACA repeal, nearly 6.4 million Americans purchased coverage under the ACA, according to The New York Times.

CMS released a new Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice to educate Medicare beneficiaries on outpatient status and what it means to cost-sharing requirements and skilled nursing facility eligibility, The National Law Review reports.

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.