In a presentation at the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 9, Thomas J. Bombardier, MD, FACS, principal and founder, ASCOA, discussed considerations for ASCs in regards to whether in-network or out-of-network status…
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Medicaid will stop paying reimbursing states for providing medical care for provider-preventable events, including healthcare-acquired conditions, effective July 1, according to a CMIO report.
Health insurer WellPoint announced Wednesday it plans to buy CareMore, a California company that provides Medicare Advantage plans, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
Connecticut Rep. John Larson and state surgery center leaders spoke out in support of the recently introduced Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2011 in a report from The Connecticut Mirror.
Hundreds of members of National Nurses United, the country's largest nursing union, demonstrated outside the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, promoting a campaign to prevent cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, according to a New York…
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South Carolina's Medicaid agency announced Monday it plans to cut reimbursement rates paid to physicians, dentists and other medical providers, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
CMS, in conjunction with the Medicare FFS Program, has announced two National 5010 Testing Days — June 15 and August 24.
Lolita Jones, RHIA, CSS, independent coding and billing consultant, discusses five ways ICD-10 will affect patient surgical encounters in an ambulatory surgery center. This article is the third installation in a four-part series.
Insurance company Aetna has received permission from Connecticut regulators to reduce premiums on individual polices by an average of 10 percent, starting Sept. 2011, according to an LA Times report.
Health Alliance Medical Plans recently asked a judge for a temporary restraining order to block Illinois' new state health insurance contracts and continue Health Alliance HMO as an option for state employees, retirees and dependents, according to a MySurburbanLife report.