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ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Bills moving through Congress would lift some restrictions on flexible savings accounts, letting employees allocate pre-tax earnings to pay for out-of-pocket healthcare expenses, according to a Minnesota Public Radio report.

LaClaro, maker of the Lighthouse revenue cycle management system for ambulatory surgery centers, recently expanded its client base into Texas and Kansas, bringing to 10 the number of states where ASCs are using its software.

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Managed care company Aetna spent $902,000 on federal lobbying in the second quarter of 2011, trimming its lobbying spending as it focused on bills that shape the healthcare overhaul, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.

Industry experts are split over whether the healthcare superbill will survive ICD-10 implementation in 2013, according to a Government Health IT report.

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