ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Vitals created SmartShopper to generate big savings by reimbursing patients for selecting less-costly treatment, according to NBC News.

The American Medical Association and 19 other healthcare and physician organizations are imploring CMS to modify its accountable care organization benchmarking methodology, according to Healthcare Finance News.

The American Hospital Association and American Health Information Management Association praised CMS and the CDC for releasing thousands of new ICD-10 and clinical modification codes early, according to FierceHealthIT.

A Freedom Partners report found health insurance premiums have increased faster than wages and inflation, according to Fox News.

Many than 60 cancer care groups sent letters to CMS protesting their proposed alternative payment method for Medicare B drugs, according to Medpage Today.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office found within an 18-month period, HealthCare.gov had 316 security-related incidents, and the site is still vulnerable to attack, according to money talks news.

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in Wisconsin appointed Paul Nobile the new president.

On March 24, the Congressional Budget Office issued a report on subsidized health coverage's cost, according to Reuters.

Medicare officials said they have temporarily abandoned a proposed measure that would have penalized physicians for ordering "non-recommended" prostate-specific antigen tests to screen for prostate cancer, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Collective bargaining legislation is making its way through the New York legislature that would give physicians leverage when negotiating payer contracts, according to a General Surgery News report.