ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

The Alaska House allowed subsidizing certain health insurance plans with $55 million, according to JuneauEmpire.com.

Arlington-based Texas Health Resources and Aetna are partnering to form a for-profit healthcare plan company, according to Star-Telegram.

Ohio's co-op is closing, marking the 13th Affordable Care Act co-op of the original 23 co-ops to close, according to Morning Consult.

The CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield subsidiary Group Hospitalization and Medical Services will no longer sell bronze level plans on the Virginia marketplace in 2017, according to Kaiser Health News.

Nonprofit Blue Shield of California stated chief executive Paul Markovich earned $3.5 million in 2015 in its first detailed disclosure on executive pay, according to Kaiser Health News.

SourceMed, an outpatient software solutions and revenue cycle management services' provider, partnered with Change Healthcare to enhance billing processes. Change Healthcare provides software and analytics, network solutions as well as technology-enabled services to healthcare organizations.

The Missouri Department of Insurance has stated the Aetna-Humana merger would be anti-competitive in the state, according to a Reuters report.

A former IRS official said the agency was concerned about whether some Affordable Care Act payments were legal, according to The Hill.

The Office of Inspector General submitted a testimony to the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, in which the OIG implored CMS to do more to help stop ineligible providers from enrolling in Medicare, according to RevCycle Intelligence.

In 2016, healthcare costs reached $25,826 for the average American family, based on the Milliman Medical Index analysis, according to ebn.