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Dan Connolly, MHS, ARM, vice president of payor contracting for Pinnacle III, discusses five mistakes surgery centers make in payor negotiations.

The Surgery Center of Oklahoma recently publicized its prices for common surgical procedures, according to a Daily Markets report.

ICD-10 may have a new deadline, as HHS released a proposed rule (pdf) today that would delay the compliance date of ICD-10 from Oct. 1, 2013, to Oct. 1, 2014.

Minnesota is making progress with its health insurance exchange, according to a Duluth News Tribune report.

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The New Jersey Association for Ambulatory Surgery Centers has sent a letter to Aetna in response to their efforts of re-directing patients from one in-network facility to another, less costly in-network center.

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is circulating a proposal to regulate hospitals and physicians and the rates they receive to provide care, according to a Boston Globe report.

California is moving ahead with its health insurance exchange, having received $40 million in federal seed money for implementation purposes, according to an SFGate report.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to prevent the state from switching to a new health insurance company, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.

American patients reported fewer physician visits last year, a sign that many people are struggling to pay for healthcare, according to a study released Wednesday by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics.