ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Montana-based New West Health Services will cease operations in 2017, the Washington Times reports. 

As the insurance co-ops fail, and insurers leave the ACA exchanges some healthcare experts fear for the future of the monumental legislation, the Chicago Tribune reports.

According to a PwC report, 3.4 million people enrolled into Medicaid this year, contributing to a 20.5 million increase since 2013, Forbes reports.

Several Democratic senators sent a second letter to Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini, demanding answers as to why the payer left the Affordable Care Act exchanges, according to Morning Consult.

After facing losses on the Affordable Care Act exchanges, many payers sued the federal government, arguing the ACA's risk-corridor program was flawed, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The state of Kansas has some severe problems when it comes to its Medicaid system, the Salina Journal reports.

The shift to value-base care has fueled discussion among many experts who claim providers do not have enough time or resources to succeed under a pay-for-performance system. A Deloitte 2016 survey found 50 percent of physicians have never heard of…

Payers have posed as obstacles for spine in ambulatory surgery centers, but the recent additions and proposals of ASC payable codes for spine procedures should ease up some of the difficulties surgery centers face.

Investor Place compiled five stocks in insurance companies that were "on the rise" this week.

The Anthem-Cigna merger is making headlines again after Cigna's counsel told the court the insurers' in-house lawyers exchanged letters "accusing each other of breaching the merger agreement," The New York Times reports.