Fewer magnetic resonance imaging, computerized tomography and cardiac nuclear scan referrals are contributing to the slower overall healthcare inflation rates, according to AAPC.
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According to the Physicians' Top Ethical Dilemmas: Medscape 2012 Survey Results report, 27 percent of physicians would stop accepting insurers that don't pay well, even if it would mean longtime patients would have to quit seeing them.
The Senate's 114-page budget plan, chaired by Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), includes restored Medicare funding for the 2 percent reimbursement cuts enacted by the sequester, as well as a permanent — though non-specific — fix to replace the sustainable growth…
Thousand Oaks (Calif.) Radiology Practice chose McKesson Revenue Management Solutions to maintain its billing and accounts receivable services, according to Healthcare Finance News.
Health information exchange will be beneficial once providers and regulators have worked out the issues, but many challenges lie ahead, according to Info World.
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Fresh from a meeting with Republican lawmakers, President Barack Obama said Republican proposals to turn Medicare into a voucher program, cut added Medicaid funding and refuse to close tax loopholes may make reaching a strong consensus on deficit reduction impossible,…
CMS released updated ICD-10 Implementation Guides for various-sized healthcare practices.
Despite critics' efforts for another extended deadline, the Oct. 1, 2014, ICD-10 implementation date will hold fast, said CMS Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, according to EHR Intelligence.
The National Commission on Physician Payment Reform released a report on March 4, 2013, detailing 12 recommendations to change the say physicians are paid.
Ken Rosenquest, president of the Connecticut Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers, recently published an article advocating surgery center inclusion in Connecticut's health insurance exchange on CT News Junkie.