Walgreens might be planning to offer health insurance to customers this fall, according to a Chicago Tribune report.

The following Q&A comes from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website. Q: What is the updated definition of “new patient” for billing evaluation and management (E/M) services? A: Interpret the phrase “new patient” to mean a patient who…

Democratic leaders of Congress told the Supreme Court on Monday that President Obama's stance on Medicaid will place more roadblocks in front of low-income people seeking healthcare, according to a New York Times report.

For fiscal year 2010, Medicare represented roughly 38 percent of all improper payments within the federal government, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office.

Implementation planning for ICD-10 should precede code set training because the planning process will take much longer, according to an AAPC report.

Over the next 10 years, individual hospitals could see Medicare payments reduced by an estimated $1.1 million to $1.4 million per year due to the recent debt-ceiling legislation, according to a news release from MedeAnalytics, a healthcare provider management solutions…

Aetna, the third largest health insurer in the United States, has stopped offering individual health policies in Indiana, the fifth thus far in the state, according to an Evansville Courier & Press report.

Health insurer CIGNA's second quarter earnings rose 39 percent, reporting consistent membership growth and lower healthcare claims, according to a company news release.

Oversight of health insurance premium rates, particularly the reviewing and evaluating of rate filings submitted by carriers, varied across states in the U.S. in 2010, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.

In a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, the Healthcare Billing and Management Association recommended the proposed accounting of disclosures rule within HIPAA be withdrawn.