ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

After expanding Ohio's Medicaid program, Chief John McCarthy is resigning from his post to pursue "opportunities in the private sector," The Columbus Dispatch reports.

In his book "Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance," best-selling author Dr. Atul Gawande traces the origins of the first pricing method for surgical services all the way back to ancient Babylon, where surgeons were paid 10 shekels for "any…

Medicare recently released data concerning the costliest prescription medicines in 2015, according to The Wall Street Journal.

In almost a week, the trial over Indianapolis-based Anthem's proposed purchase of Cigna, based in Bloomfield, Conn., will go to trial, according to Hartford Courant.

Anthem recently filed plans to switch 500,000 Californians to health plans that do not offer coverage for out-of-network care, leading Santa Monica, Calif.-based Consumer Watchdog to file papers asking a judge to step in, according to Los Angeles Times.

Miami-based CareCloud completed a $31.5 million series C financing round.

On the heels of the 2016 election, the ACA had the highest number of signups during the open enrollment period this year, according to The Hill.

While value-based care continues to gain traction in the U.S., several insurers in New Jersey are already seeing promising results, NJSpotlight reports.

Los Angeles Times investigated whether California could keep Covered California, its ACA exchange, up and running if President-elect Donald Trump keeps good on his promise to repeal the act.

Even though Canonsburg, Pa.-based Mylan Pharmaceuticals agreed in October to pay $465 million to settle a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into EpiPen, the company is still working on finalizing the settlement, Fortune reports.