ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

The Obama administration proposed a $4.1 trillion budget in a final effort to strengthen the Affordable Care Act, according to The Hill.

The Workers Compensation Research Institute recently released a study of workers' compensation fee schedule rates in Illinois in comparison to Medicare fee schedule rates in other states, according to a WorkersCompensation.com report.

The American Health Information Management Association sent an email to its members recommending that the code A92.8 be used for the Zika virus, according to an ICD-10 Monitor report.

SwervePay raised $10 million in funding to accelerate healthcare payment solutions.

Several Rhode Island representatives proposed a bill in the Rhode Island House of Representatives that would establish a single-payer health system in the state, according to The Brown Daily Herald.

The Alaska Division of Insurance will allow Moda Health to resume operating its health insurance business in Alaska and Oregon if the payer raises at least $179 million in capital in 2016, according to Alaska Dispatch News.

Health insurance costs vary from state to state, and some states are much higher than others, according to a Huffington Post report.

The Association of Home Care Coding & Compliance and the Home Health and Hospice ICD-10 Transition Workgroup are collaborating with the American Hospital Association's Coding Clinic to smooth over confusion about coding.

Hawaii Medical Service Association, the state's largest healthcare payer, implemented a policy mandating physicians to undergo a pre-approval process for imaging services before they order tests, which incited opposition from physicians, according to KITV News.

The House panel OK’d a bill promising greater transparency for hospital pricing, according to Florida Politics.