ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

This week, the Aetna and Humana trial commenced with lawyers from both sides weighing in on how the deal would impact the Medicare Advantage market, CNBC reported.

After the first half of the Anthem and Cigna antitrust case trial concluded Dec. 2, 2016, WBAA predicts a judge could rule on the case within the next two weeks.

Vi Dodd, a certified professional coder at Richmond, Va.-based Medarva Stony Point Surgery Center, spoke with Becker's ASC Review about best practices and guidelines for coding and billing four common outpatient gynecologic procedures.

Bruce Japsen, a Forbes contributor, wrote that healthcare lobbies are in the midst of launching campaigns "to save patients from the ranks of the uninsured," after President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California) told CBS that the Democratic party would work with President-elect Donald Trump on certain issues but would "draw the line" at privatizing Medicare and Veterans Affairs.

Here are 18 statistics on payer mix at ASCs based on the VMG Health 2016 Intellimarker Multi-Specialty ASC Study.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association may issue Anthem a nearly $3 billion fine if Anthem does not derive most of its nationwide revenue from Blue-branded projects following its Cigna acquisition, an Anthem executive said during the antitrust trial, Bloomberg reported.

Zotec Partners named Jeff McHugh vice president of enterprise solutions.

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee donated $25,000 to help those affected by the state's wildfires, according to The Tennessean.

Stephanie Ellis, RN, of Ellis Medical Consulting in Franklin, Tenn., divulges common coding traps ASCs fall into, as well as key strategies for avoiding these pitfalls.