Hospital charges for services like emergency department visits and initial hospital care continue to grow faster than other types of care, according to a new study. Hospitals boosted their median ...

Anthem has dropped its plan to reduce by 25 percent payments for certain evaluation and management codes. The policy was to have gone into effect on March 1 across the company's commercial health ...

Providers are concerned a new national policy from Aetna involving evaluation and management services will result in inappropriate down-codes. Under the policy, Aetna will automatically down-code ...

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Last November, CMS finalized its healthcare price transparency rule, which next year requires hospitals to disclose online the rates they negotiate with insurers. Hospitals are required to publicize ...

This year ushered in many changes affecting reimbursement for healthcare providers, but few are as important as the new Physician Fee Schedule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ...