The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is accepting loan applications to eligible prospective Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan programs through Dec. 2012, according to a government announcement.

AAPC has introduced online training modules for ICD-10-CM anatomy and pathophysiology as coders prepare for ICD-10 implementation, according to an AAPC report.

Families are increasingly relying on public health insurance plans to provide coverage for their children, according to new research from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.

Here are the top 10 states with the greatest enrollment in pre-existing condition health plans with corresponding coverage start dates.

Federal auditors announced they will be reviewing health insurance rates in 10 states, arguing regulators in those states are not effectively reviewing insurance rates themselves, according to a New York Times report.

National enrollment in new health plans created by President Obama's healthcare reform law has been underwhelming, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a National Provider Call on "ICD-10 Implementation Strategies for Physicians" on Aug. 3, 2011, according to an Advance Web report.

Two-hundred and nineteen members of the U.S. House of representatives and 45 senators have signed two separate letters to CMS Administrator Donald Berwick, MD, urging him to reconsider the coding offset that will be applied to the 2012 inpatient prospective…

HHS says up to 40 percent of the $4 billion in loans the federal government plans to distribute for the development of non-profit health insurance co-ops could default, according to an IFA Web News report.

Iowa has saved more than $23 million in cost avoidance or recoveries in the first year using a new Medicaid program integrity initiative, according to a news release.