ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

On Nov. 8, 2016, Colorado voters rejected Amendment 69, which would have created a universal healthcare system, ColoradoCare, according to The Denver Post.

Veteran ASC administrators shared 10 key steps healthcare leaders can implement today to improve financial performance for ASCs during a presentation at Becker's ASC Review 23rd Annual Meeting: The Business and Operations of ASCs in Chicago Oct. 27.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan will continue its implementation of value-based measures in 2017, HealthPayerIntelligence reports.

HHS data shows premium hikes will impact nearly 8.4 million Americans, despite President Barack Obama saying only a "handful of people" will feel the hikes' impact, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The generation the government needs most to bring down ACA related costs is the generation that's staying far, far away, lobbyist Andrew Clark argues in a Newsweek column.

Cigna's third quarter profits took a beating as the insurer posted a 16.6 percent drop in net profits and a 10.9 percent slide for the last nine months, Journal Inquirer reports.

Medicare will begin paying for a strategy aimed at preventing those Americans at high-risk of diabetes from developing the disease, according to The Washington Post.

CMS cut the reporting period for physicians involved in the meaningful use EHR inventive program from a full year to 90 days as part of its outpatient prospective payment system final rule, according to Medscape.

CMS released the final 2017 ASC payment rule with plans to increase payment rates next year, and ASCA outlined the key components for ASCs.

Indianapolis-based Anthem failed to meet its third quarter earnings projections, Nasdaq reports.