The biggest commercial health insurers in Massachusetts recently reported high second-quarter earnings, citing efforts to cut administrative spending, according to a Boston Globe report.
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The American Medical Association has released an update to the CPT Category II code list. The update contains many revisions, significant new codes and deleted codes, according to an AAPC report.
The Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner has announced it has fined Regence BlueShield $100,000 for denying contraceptive coverage to 984 women.
AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions, a leading developer and provider of medical billing services and technology for the healthcare industry based in Warren, N.J., with an office in Chambersburg, Pa., will offer compliance training to students at Kaplan University's Hagerstown, Md., campus, according…
Georgia health officials have approved widespread changes to the state's employee insurance plan to close an $800 million budget shortfall over the next two years, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution report.
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Gov. Mark Dayton announced today that Minnesota has received a $4.2 million grant to further the planning and establishment of a health insurance exchange, according to a Hometown Source report.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has asked the state for approval to sell its Medicaid policies in more areas of the state, according to a Detroit Free Press report.
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.