Only 49 people have signed up for a Wyoming pilot program designed to offer health insurance to as many as 500 working residents who otherwise couldn't afford it, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
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Federal healthcare reform could save New Jersey nearly $100 million in 2012 by affecting the state's health coverage for public workers, according to a North Jersey report.
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's decision to reject a $31.5 million federal grant to establish a health insurance exchange has met with controversy, according to an LJ World report.
Eliminating the sustainable growth rate formula is an essential step in reforming Medicare, health policy observers told a Senate panel on Oct. 12, according to an American Medical News report.
Twenty-five percent of Nevada residents under 65 lacked health insurance at one point in 2009, making the state the third most uninsured per capita in the U.S, according to a Las Vegas Sun report.
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A North Dakota lawmaker says the state should run its own health insurance exchange instead of letting the federal government step in, according to a Bloomsberg Businessweek report.
CPT copyright 2010 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.Kathleen Mueller, RN, CPC, CCS-P, CMSCS, PCS, of AskMueller Consulting in Lenzburg, Ill., discusses three critical coding errors that cut into ambulatory…
Coder salaries increased on average in 2011, with the average wage for a certified professional coder jumping from $45,400-$46,800 since 2010. This increase could mean higher staffing costs or outsourcing expenses for already cash-strapped surgery centers, especially those that rely…
On Monday, CMS announced it was accepting applications for an Innovation Advisors program designed to help health professionals deepen skills that will drive improvements in patient care and cost-cutting, according to an AdvanceWeb report.
Jeffrey Shanton, chair, Advocacy & Legislative Affairs Committee, for the New Jersey Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers, has issued a statement in response to an article in the Insurance Journal titled "New Jersey Looks to Put a Lid On Its…