ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

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.

Federal officials reported more than 580,000 Georgia residents obtained health insurance coverage during the third open enrollment period, according to savannahnow.com.

The regulation of health insurance is beginning to shift toward the Department of Managed Health Care, according to California Healthline.

CareSource, the second company in West Virginia to offer health insurance plans on the state's marketplace created in the ACA, is deeming the first year of enrollment successful, according to MetroNews.