ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Beginning Jan. 1, 2017, provider-based, off-campus hospital outpatient departments will be subject to site-neutral payments, according to a JD Supra report. 

Jamison Pearlman, vice president of managed care at Meridian Surgical Partners, highlights five key trends in payer contract for the next year.

BeWellNM.com, New Mexico's health insurance exchange, received so many calls before the enrollment deadline that some individuals could not finish the enrollment process, according to Albuquerque Journal.

During the open enrollment period, more than 200,000 Washington residents signed up for health insurance, according to The News Tribune.

Some physicians are offering direct primary care, to eliminate insurance companies from the equation, according to The Morning Call.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission may eliminate payment updates for ambulatory surgery centers next year, according to an ASCA report.

Here are 54 key points about the major U.S. insurers — Aetna, Anthem, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Humana, Kaiser Permanente and UnitedHealth Group.

Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna reported its fourth quarter and full-year financial results.

Aspirus and WPS Health Solutions are partnering to launch a new health insurance company, according to Milwaukee- Wisconsin Journal Sentinel.

Patients must pay a minimum of $1 a month for their healthcare if they wish to be a member of the Healthy Indiana Program, according to IndyStar.