One hundred physicians from the roughly 120-member Missouri Medical Affiliates opted to sign individual contracts with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield before the temporary, three-month contract between the two parties expired, according to a Columbia Tribune report.
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The Obama administration said last week that states that have not adopted health insurance exchanges may get a second chance to implement them before the government steps in, according to a NewsOK report.
Luann Jenkins, CPC, CPMA, CEMC, CFPC, recently addressed a Medicare denial that occurs when CMS has been involved in the settlement of a Workers' Compensation case, according to an AAPC release.
Mary LeGrand, RN, MA, CCS-P, CPC, addresses challenges associated with coding for hand treatment and procedures in an article published in AAOS Now.
In June, Reps. Pete Sessions (R-TX) and John Larson (D-CT) and Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) introduced the Ambulatory Surgery Center Quality and Access Act of 2011 into the U.S. Congress. It has since been endorsed by…
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An internist formerly practicing with Lee Physician Group in Fort Myers, Fla., has accused the medical practice of knowingly overcharging Medicare for patient physicals, according to a Naples News report.
Eighteen percent of Ohio adults have no health insurance, up from 12 percent who said they were uninsured in a similar poll five years ago, according to a report by The Republic.
The California Senate Appropriations Committee passed a measure 6-3 that would give the state's insurance commissioner the authority to modify or reject "excessive" health insurance rate increases, according to an Insurance News Net report.
The federal health reform law will drastically cut the number of uninsured Wisconsin residents by 2016 while driving up premiums for some consumers, according to a Forbes report.
California should be able to regulate health insurance premiums by giving the Department of Insurance the authority to modify or reject proposed increases, according to an L.A. Times editorial report.