The Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services has proposed standards to encourage the creation of Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans, which are private non-profit, consumer-governed health insurance plans that will help increase competition and give consumers and small businesses additional…

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has set a deadline for implementation of ICD-10 by Oct. 1, 2013, which suggests hospitals should create a specific timeline for this transition. Developing a timeline can help hospitals budget and plan for…

The American Hospital Association has extended the data submission deadline for its RACTrac survey until July 22, a week later than the original date, according to an AHA News Now report.

The American Medical Association has created a set of web-based solutions for coding and billing medical services, according to an AMA news release.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released new data for the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor program.

As of April 1, Region C recover audit contractor Connolly Consulting stopped including recovery amounts for overpayments in its demand letters. The contractor previously included projected recovery amounts but stopped this practice after realizing it and the Region C MAC…

The District of Columbia owes D.C.'s Specialty Hospital of Washington $1.8 million it wrongly withheld, according to a Washington Business Journal report.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is testing two new financial models designed to achieve improved quality and decreased costs through better coordination of care for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, according to a CMS fact sheet.

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The American Health Information Management Association has released a list of 10 steps for implementing ICD-10 Phase 2.