The Tennessee House Health and Human Resources Committee has voted in favor of legislation that would allow the state government to take over the federal Medicare program in the state, according to a Knox News report.
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Oregon could develop a single coordinated care organization for the Portland area, according to the Lund Report.
The American Health Information Management Association is transitioning its training course emphasis from ICD-9 to ICD-10, according to a Fierce Health IT report.
CMS has made numerous changes to covered benefits for Medicare beneficiaries since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, according to an AAPC report.
Utah could have a health insurance cooperative by 2013, if federal officials endorse the Aarches Community Health Care plan introduced today.
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Physicians may have more time to dedicate to other practice concerns following a delay of the ICD-10 coding system, according to an American Medical News report.
Healthcare providers are lagging behind the efforts of payors and pharmaceutical companies in exchanging data with others, according to a PwC U.S. Health Research Institute report.
A New Jersey proposal would instate approximately 1,000 price codes controlling how much physicians, surgery centers and hospitals can charge for outpatient treatments for auto accidents, while abolishing another 117 price controls due to physician backlash, according to an NJ.com…
Representatives from the ASC Association recently met with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on payment policies in surgery centers, according to an ASCA release.
House Republicans have recently made progress in their effort to eliminate the Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board, a 15-person board tasked with cutting government Medicare spending, according to an American Medical News report.