CMS has extended the Medicare revalidation deadline for providers and suppliers until 2015, according to an American Medical News report.
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Massachusetts is still fully planning to implement the federal requirement that most Americans buy health insurance, despite the ongoing debate over the constitutionality of the mandate, according to a Boston Globe report.
First Surgical Partners, which provides non-emergency services through two ambulatory surgery centers and a general acute-care hospital, has announced its financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2011, according to a MarketWatch report.
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Medicare contractors are using inaccurate and inconsistent data that prevents them from detecting fraud, according to an OIG report detailed by the Associated Press.
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New Yorkers are experiencing some relief from insurance premium increases, after the state's prior-approval law took effect last year, according to a Journal News report.
The official start date for ICD-10 isn't until Oct. 1, 2013, but that doesn't mean surgery centers should delay the implementation process. Rhonda Buckholtz, CPC, CPMA, CPC-I, of AAPC, discusses seven steps surgery center leaders should take over the next…
While providers may have delayed the implementation process, most payors have been "fully immersed" in ICD-10 implementation for some time, according to an AAPC report.
The percentage of American adults who get their health insurance from an employer continues to fall, at 44.5 percent in the third quarter of this year compared to at least 45 percent in every month of 2010, according to a…
Supercommittee Democrats offered details of a tax-and-cut proposal that would reportedly save $350 billion through Medicare reforms, including $250 billion from providers and another $100 billion from beneficiaries, according to a Politico report.