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.
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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.
Women pay more than men for the same health insurance coverage, according to new data from online brokers and a New York Times report.
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In the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's annual payment policy report (pdf) to Congress, MedPAC officials recommended that Medicare payments for ASCs increase by 0.5 percent for the 2013 calendar year.
A recent AAPC report gave an overview of coding a diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma.
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' decision to delay ICD-10 implementation will likely have a negative impact on health insurers, according to a Fierce Health Payer report.
For the second time in four months, CMS' Office of E-Health Standards and Services announced it will not enforce Version 5010, D.0 and 3.0 electronic transaction standards — the delay now runs through June 30, 2012.
AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions' revenue increased 40 percent in 2011 to approximately $40 million, according to a Market Watch report.