ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

CMS has delayed the deadline for states to submit access monitoring review plans, according to JD Surpa Business Advisor.

American Academy of Family Physicians praised CMS' Comprehensive Primary Care Plus model, according to AAFP.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas is considering dropping Hospital Compaction of America's facilities in the state, which includes 30 surgical or outpatient centers and 44 hospitals, according to Express News.

Nashville, Tenn.-based PhyMed Healthcare Group, an anesthesia and pain management company, hired John Rutherford as its new vice president of management care, according to Nashville Post.

CareCredit is collaborating with DePuy Synthes Mitek Sports Medicine for patient financing.

In its latest annual report to Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission reissued its call for more primary care physician support, according to AAFP.

A new Department of Health and Human Services report found Affordable Care Act premiums increased 8 percent in 2015, according to The Hill.

Practices are increasingly focusing on value-based care as healthcare trends away from the fee-for-service model, according to Forbes.

About 47 percent of practices reported no issues with the ICD-10 transition, based on a Physicians Practice survey, according to Diagnostic Imaging.

A study published by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found nearly a third of people without health insurance (about 10 million) live in families that received a federal earned income tax credit in 2014, but were not notified by the…