ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

On Feb. 11, the Iowa Senate voted to repeal Republican Gov. Terry Branstad's Medicaid plan, according to The Des Moines Register.

Twenty corporations collaborated to form the Health Transformation Alliance, according to Galen Institute.

In 2015, 70 percent of health insurance companies lost money on individual health plans, according to McKinsey and Company, a global management consulting firm, according to The New American.

Former Kentucky Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear and Republican Gov. Matt Bevin are turning up the heat in a healthcare system debate, according to abc News.

Kentucky's Insurance Commissioner Brian Maynard said he plans to approve Aetna's $37 million acquisition of Humana without first holding a planned public hearing, according to courier-journal.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published the final rule on self-identified overpayments for Medicare Part A and B.

How does the United States compare to other western countries in healthcare? Are more or fewer people satisfied with their coverage?

The majority of California's payers are supporting a plan to restructure a tax on health plans, according to Sacramento CBS.

Throughout the nation, the average number of uninsured children is 6.3 percent, according to Tampa Bay Times.

About one third of Americans experienced medical charges uncovered by their insurance, based on a Kaiser Family Foundation survey, according to Health News Florida.