If you think postponing the ICD-10 switchover deadline from Oct. 1 will only affect healthcare providers and software vendors, Juliet Santos of ICD-10 Monitor says, you're wrong — it could affect the safety of the country at large.
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A county in Michigan is mulling the idea of joining up with Concierege Corrections in order to save money on jail costs, the Ogemaw County (Mich.) Herald reports
The postponement of the ICD-10 compliance deadline until Oct. 1, 2015, could have allowed software vendors more time to come out with new products, writes Avery Hurt for Diagnostic Imaging.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission recommended ambulatory surgery centers receive no updates to their facility fees in 2016, according to an Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society report.
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The Utah Valley University Athletics Department has shored up a partnership with the software company Vivature this week.
About 70 percent of households in the United States are struggling with their medical bills, says Hal M. Bundrick, a certified financial planner and regular contributor to MainStreet.com.
One Boston-based startup, CoPatient, has been going a step farther than price transparency — they're processing bills and telling consumers who owes what, reports Med City News.
Stakeholders are at odds over whether the Oct. 1 deadline for ICD-10 implementation should be pushed back, reports the National Law Review, but for the most part, they agree on one thing — if Congress pushes through a bill that…
Though complaints are down in general, consumers who are grumbling are more and more likely to grumble about the way their medical debts are collected, reports Mnetnews.com.