ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

A Health Affairs study showed Medicare Part D patients paid 10.5 times more in copayments for two brand-name drugs in 2013, according to Kaiser Health News.

On July 7, House Republicans presented their fiscal 2017 healthcare spending bill, according to The Hill.

Payer policies, surgical technology ,CPT code guidelines, and medical necessity requirements can change at a dizzying rate, presenting a significant challenge to ASC administrators hoping to maintain a positive margin.

Several obstacles prevent young adults from enrolling in healthcare plans, according to Kaiser Health News.

After facing financial struggles, Connecticut's co-op, HealthyCT, is under supervision and will start a wind-down process, according to The Hill.

About 30 percent of healthcare providers are utilizing a manual process for claims denial management, based on an HIMSS Analytics survey, according to RevCycle Intelligence.

The Obama administration has exceeded federal law by mandating Americans purchase health insurance adhering to the Affordable Care Act standards, a federal appeals court found, according to The New York Times.

Major insurer UnitedHealth is filing a suit against American Renal Associates in The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida for allegedly submitting fraudulent bills since the beginning of 2016, according to The New York Times.

To stifle regulatory concerns over its $37 billion Humana merger, Aetna plans to sell billion-dollar assets, according to sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported.

At the end of March, Affordable Care Act enrollment fell to nearly 11.1 million enrollees, according to The Hill.