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Texas had the highest percentage of uninsured persons of any state in the United States between 2009 and 2011, according to 2012's Health, United States, an annual report on trends in health statistics released by the Centers for Disease Control…
Medical Director of UnitedHealthcare in Colorado William Mandell, DO, JD, recently spoke with the Society of Ambulatory Spine Surgery about outpatient spine care.
Access MediQuip was named a finalist for the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission's Best Practices for "A Patient and Device Registry Leading to Safety and Quality Improvement," according to a company news report.
An interview with Access MediQuip CEO Prakash Patel, MD, will be featured on CNN Airport Television Network and TALK BUSINESS 360's in-flight radio program and YouTube video channel.
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CMS has proposed increasing Medicare reimbursements to ambulatory surgery centers by 0.9 percent starting next year.
A report in the July issue of the Journal of AHIMA looked at computer-assisted coding and whether it's beneficial to coders or just another unnecessary healthcare cost.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance has opened a public comment period for proposed changes to the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set that has been developed to align with ICD-10.
One of the major provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has been put on the backburner, as the Obama administration announced it would delay the employer insurance mandate one year to 2015.
The Healthcare Billing and Management Association testified before the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics' Subcommittee on Standards in Washington, D.C., on mistakes the healthcare industry can avoid during the ICD-10 coding transition.