ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

A HHS study found physicians are still improperly billing Medicare enrollees for services of which they should be exempt, according to The New York Times.

In the past three years, Medicare Part D's catastrophic drug coverage has increased beneficiaries' prescription drug spending by 85 percent, according to Fox Business.

The healthcare payers involved in the pending mergers claim the deals would bode well for the Affordable Care Act's exchanges, yet antitrust regulators may block the deals, according to Forbes.

Healthcare is becoming increasingly reliant on technology, but many organizations still face many obstacles in health IT integration.

Anthem said it plans to add nine states in its Affordable Care Act plans if its deal with Cigna comes to fruition, according to Politico.

In a recent blog post, Matt Kilton of ECG Management Consultants provides advice for ASCs and HOPDs on the shift from grouper to APC reimbursement.

Following the Department of Justice’s lawsuit about the pending payer megamergers, Anthem is the first of the four payers to file paper to fight the suit, according to Bloomberg.

In 2014, average premiums fell under the Affordable Care Act, based on a HealthAffairs blog, according to CNBC. Healthcare analysts, Loren Adler and Paul Ginsburg, wrote the analysis.

A new article on the Health Affairs Blog examines payment reform and transparency in healthcare.

Anthem plans to fight the Department of Justice's lawsuit against its $25 billion Cigna acquisition, according to Reuters.