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The approaching ICD-10 implementation deadline may not be spurring providers to make changes to their software and coding practices, according to a Jacksonville Business Journal report.

The South Carolina Budget and Control Board voted Tuesday to raise premiums for the state health plan, instituting a 4.5 percent increase in health insurance for public employees in 2012, according to a WSPA report.

Partners HealthCare System, the largest hospital and physicians network in Massachusetts, has signed a letter of intent to acquire Neighborhood Health Plan, a non-profit insurer with more than 240,000 beneficiaries in the state, according to a Boston Globe report.

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CMS has announced the addition of four codes with modifiers that are subject to Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) edits.

Aetna and Coventry Health Care have challenged a ruling by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals that denies the companies a share of the state's Medicaid privatization contracts, according to a Times-Picayune report.

Democratic leaders of Congress told the Supreme Court on Monday that President Obama's stance on Medicaid will place more roadblocks in front of low-income people seeking healthcare, according to a New York Times report.

Implementation planning for ICD-10 should precede code set training because the planning process will take much longer, according to an AAPC report.

Georgia insurance companies will soon have to provide more detailed, customer-friendly explanations if they plan to raise premiums by more than 10 percent, according to a Health Leaders Media report.

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