ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Here are five updates from Elevance Health, formerly Anthem, since Oct. 5. 

Prashanth Bala, vice president of ASC operations at Shields Health in Quincy, Mass., spoke with Becker's Oct. 21 to discuss tips for lowering ASC operating costs.

Physician pay is decreasing in four specialties, according to Merritt Hawkins and AMN Healthcare's 2022 "Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives."

Ninety-four percent of physicians live at or below their means, according to Medscape's 2022 "Physician Wealth & Debt Report."

In its 2022 "Physician Wealth & Debt Report," Medscape surveyed physicians on their compensation and how they manage their money.

Here are nine recent stories Becker's has covered about Aetna and its parent company, CVS Health, in the last 30 days: 

Eighty-two percent of group practice executives say prior authorization is very or extremely burdensome, according to the Medical Group Management Association's "Annual Regulatory Burden Report."

As healthcare continues to move toward value-based care, payment based on the model remains a point of contention, according to the Medical Group Management Association's "Annual Regulatory Burden Report."

UnitedHealth Group is the largest payer by 2021 revenue, according to a Sept. 1 report from ValuePenguin. 

Willingboro, N.J.-based former physician assistant Aaron Jones, 28, was sentenced to two years in prison for a scheme that defrauded payers millions of dollars, Press of Atlantic City reported Oct. 5.