ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Kaiser Permanente Ventures and CHV Capital invested $8 million in Health Catalyst, according to Internet Health Management.

Xerox's 32nd National Healthcare Trend Survey revealed healthcare costs decreased to 8 percent, down from 11.6 percent in 2010, according to Employee Benefit Adviser.

Aetna will stop offering individual Affordable Care Act plans in 11 state exchanges, according to Bloomberg.

Postgraduate Medical Journal published a study finding Medicare reimbursed female physicians nearly $19,000 less than male physicians in a single year, according to TIME.

Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson said she wouldn't reach a decision concerning the $54 billion dollar merger of Anthem-Cigna until late in the year, before she set the trial date for Nov. 21, Reuters reports. 

Healthcare organizations continue to see decreased patient satisfaction over a lack of price transparency and patient engagement from health payers and their employees, healthpayerintelligence.com reports. 

While news reports tend to focus on cyberattacks directed at large organizations, cybercriminals are not only targeting big players — and thinking your ASC is automatically safe because of its size could get you into big legal and financial trouble.

The Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly will be updated for the first time in a decade under a proposal the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced on Thursday, McKnight's reports. 

Many leading organizations have starkly opposed CMS' Medicare Part B payment proposal, which will change the way the government reimburses physicians for certain drugs, according to The Hill.

Healthcare is seemingly trending toward hospital employment, but independent physicians provide a slew of benefits to the healthcare system.