ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

CMS has finalized a 3.1% payment rate for ASCs. 

CMS will reduce overall physician pay 1.25% in 2024, while boosting pay for some visits including primary and longitudinal care.

Reimbursement issues remain one of the top challenges for physicians across specialties.

In August, UnitedHealthcare announced plans to reduce 20% of its prior authorization requirements for its members and member physicians beginning on Sept. 1. 

Here are five key numbers about noncompetes to know:

A bill has been introduced in the Wisconsin Legislature that would ban most noncompete agreements, the Wisconsin Law Journal reported Oct. 31. 

Mutual of Omaha has formed a strategic alliance with Wellcare, the Medicare Advantage brand owned by Centene Corp., to offer jointly designed Medicare Advantage plans for the 2024 plan year. 

Residents in California-based Napa and Sonoma counties with Medicare Advantage plans through Senior Care Action Network will no longer have coverage beginning on Dec. 31, according to an Oct. 27 report from the Press Democrat. 

Here are five key numbers relating to Stark law to know:

Cigna, the fourth-largest insurer in the U.S. by membership, has received accolades — and scrutiny — in the last two months.