CMS released information to clarify the role of clearinghouses in assisting the transition to ICD-10.
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Medical Facilities Corporation has announced its May dividend.
While California's largest health insurers, Kaiser Permanente, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of California, will offer plans on the state's health insurance exchange opening in October, three of the nation's largest for-profit insurers will not, according to a report…
Rhode Island's insurance commissioner instructed health insurers to stop enforcing confidentiality clauses with providers, meaning healthcare prices in the state will become available in the coming months, according to a Providence Journal report.
Healthcare providers need to be aware that CMS will require G-codes for Medicare Part B claims starting July 1, and any qualified claims missing the modifier will be denied, according to a McKnight's report.
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In an effort to remove potential slowdowns for states in Medicaid enrollment once millions more are expected to join the rolls next year, top CMS officials have simplified the system and proposed strategies to encourage early and efficient enrollment.
As the burden of the ICD-10 transition wears on, CMS reminds providers of the new code set's importance to medicine.
Stephen Rothenberg, JD, a consultant with Numerof & Associates, Inc., discusses how ambulatory surgery center leaders can negotiate more beneficial payor contracts for ophthalmology procedures and the outlook for eye surgery as a specialty in the future.
This article is written by Rob Morris, Vice President, Marketing and New Business Development at CareCredit, a part of GE Capital.As more employers adopt insurance plans with higher deductibles as a way to better manage and save on employee healthcare…
Lack of transparency persists as a problem with healthcare pricing culture, and some experts attribute this to better care not always equating better profits for health systems, according to a Healthcare IT News report.