Earlier this year, the Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society worked with elected representatives to develop new legislation impacting healthcare and ASCs.
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Franklin, Tenn.-based M*Modal, a medical transcription and billing services company, has shaken up its leadership team, including hiring Duncan James as chief executive officer, according to The Tennessean.
Expanding Medicaid is the financially preferable option for states in general, according to a study by the RAND Corporation published in the journal Health Affairs.
More than 50 percent of healthcare providers were still in the first phases of ICD-10 implementation as of fall 2012 and nearly 25 percent had not even formed an ICD-10 steering committee, according to a recent study in the Journal…
Richard Gilfillan, MD, who has led the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation since it was created in 2010, will leave his director post at the end of June, according to a Politico report.
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Public and private health insurance exchanges will gain a strong foothold among consumers and employers over the next five years, according to research from Accenture Health Administration Services.
Electronic medical records were designed to improve healthcare billing, not patient care, according to an HIT Consultant report.
The Workers' Compensation Commission in South Carolina has amended the fee schedule for ambulatory surgery centers to include the cost of surgical implants, according to a Risk & Insurance report.
Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter told the editorial board of the Idaho Statesman he plans to introduce more personal accountability into the state's Medicaid program.
The nation's largest health insurance company, UnitedHealth Group, will sell plans in just 12 state health insurance exchanges, interpreted by some as a sign of lackluster support among large for-profit insurers for the expanded online marketplaces, according to a report…