Calling Cadillac Tax A Lemon, Congress Moves To Repeal Core Of Obamacare
JUL 15, 2016 @ 09:08 AM - Forbes -Robert Wood More than 300 members of the House support legislation to repeal the Cadillac tax. The Cadillac tax is a 40% tax on…
Illinois suspends insurer’s Obamacare payments until feds pay up
By Lauren Clason - 07/07/16 07:49 PM EDT A cash-strapped Illinois health insurer won’t be sending Obamacare payments to Washington until the feds pay their bill first, according to the…
ICD-10 conversion had minimal impact on hospitals’ denial rates, report finds
Written by Kelly Gooch | June 29, 2016 After three delays and much industry opposition, the United States' healthcare industry transitioned Oct. 1, 2015, to ICD-10, increasing the number of…
Good, Bad Trends in ICD-10 Coding Accuracy: Early 2016 Data Revealed
Written by Eileen Dano Tkacik | Monday, 20 June 2016 20:00 A recent data set gathered from 300 coders at 50 health systems was revealing with regard to ICD-10 coding…
The State of ICD-10 Implementation: Calm, and Qualms
Now at almost the 9-month mark, the implementation of the new ICD-10 (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and. Related Health Problems, 10th Revision) diagnostic codes by physician practices resembles a…
Obamacare’s 2017 Insurer Rate Requests Are Starting to Stream in…..
It's been more than two years since the Affordable Care Act, which you probably know better as Obamacare, went into full effect for individual consumers, and in that time the…
Federal judge strikes down Obamacare payments
Richard Wolf, Gregory Korte and Jayne O'Donnell, USA TODAY 6:02 p.m. EDT May 12, 2016 WASHINGTON — Republicans won the first round Thursday in a separation of powers battle against…
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ICD-10 denials require attention
CARL NATALE APR 13, 2016 - 05:46 AM The U.S. healthcare system is not paralyzed by denial despite the ICD-10 implementation. Either the ICD-10 codes are not as burdensome as…