ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Evergreen Health Cooperative, a Maryland co-op, filed a lawsuit against the federal government to avoid more than $22 million in fees, according to The Hill.

CMS will give $32 million to help 27 states enhance enrollment of children for the Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid, according to HealthPayer Intelligence.

Bundled payments still possess a veil of mystery — the term means a variety of things to different people.

Ambulatory surgery centers often struggle to obtain sustainable rates from payers to not thrive, but survive in the competitive healthcare landscape. As CMS begins implementing reductions on high volume codes, many commercial payers will take its lead, which may have…

ASCs can reduce outpatient surgery's cost by more than $38 billion dollars annually compared to hospital outpatient departments, according to a new analysis.

Mednax is acquiring The Woodlands, Texas-based Cardon Outreach for $400 million, according to a Sun Sentinel report.

On June 10, The House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on five bills that aim to make small changes to the Affordable Care Act, according to The Hill.

An Office of Inspector General report found HHS increased its healthcare fraudulent payments and settlements by more than $1 billion in the first six months of 2016, according to McKnight's.

An Urban Institute study found 24 million Americans would be left seeking coverage if the government repealed the Affordable Care Act, according to The Hill.

Increasing healthcare costs widen the income gap, based on a Mercatus Center report, according to The Washington Free Beacon.