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Douglas Prochnow is a partner with the Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP law firm in Chicago and largely represents clients in healthcare and financial disputes. In 2010, Mr. Prochnow tried and obtained a nearly $3 million verdict for Chicago-based surgical center…

The Medical Group Management Association is urging CMS to conduct end-to-end testing with physician practices and external partners before ICD-10 debuts in 2014, according to a MedPage Today report.

A report released Wednesday put a definitive conclusion on Medicare and commercial healthcare spending from the IOM, saying healthcare decisions are made at the local level and not by geographic areas defined by Congress. The Institute of Medicine said Medicare…

Irvine, Calif.-based Kareo cloud-based medical software provider has acquired Las Vegas-based ECCO Health, a medical billing solutions company.

Illinois-based Advocate Health Care claimed the titled of "Most Wired" from a Hospitals and Health Networks magazine survey for the 11th straight year, according to a Health Tech Zone report.

  Dallas-based Surgery Center Network is hosting a roundtable focus group bringing together leading third-party administrators from around the country to discuss the health insurance industry's expectations of a surgery network, according to a company news release.

Many healthcare practices have been hoping for another ICD-10 deadline extension and have fallen behind on preparations for the Oct. 1, 2014, deadline, according to a Health Leaders Media report.

An eHealth Initiative and American Health Information Management Association survey found most healthcare providers underestimate the benefits ICD-10 will bring practices after full implementation, according to a Healthcare Finance News report.

National Government Services and CMS have a series of interactive listening sessions in July and August to help participants with ICD-10 end-to-end testing.

  President of American National Medical Management, Greg Maldonado, discusses five reasons why ambulatory surgery center owners should not sign in-network contracts.