Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) are one of the fastest-growing segments of U.S. healthcare. Advances in minimally invasive techniques, improved anesthesia, and increasing patient demand for lower-cost care continue shifting complex surgical services out of hospitals and into outpatient surgery settings.

CMS's proposed rule arrives against a backdrop of sustained program success....
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CMS finalized the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) in October 2025, with policies effective January 1, 2026. ...
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Two things converged in 2026 that make HCC risk adjustment coding a more consequential financial function than it has ev...
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Why is physician coding creating more revenue risk in 2026? Physician coding is no longer just a compliance function sit...
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For years, many Medicare Advantage organizations treated HCC risk adjustment as a volume exercise: capture more diagnose...
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On June 1, 2026, the HHS Office of Inspector General published one of the most significant Medicare HCC risk adjustment ...
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Revenue is disappearing long before denials ever hit a ledger. Hospitals and health systems still rely heavily on retros...
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You’re leaving $25-$40 per visit on the table every time a legitimate 99214 gets downcoded to 99213. Not because someone...
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For U.S. healthcare providers, 2026 represents a genuine inflection point for accounts receivable (AR) – driven by sever...
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