Several insurers are automatically downcoding -- and, therefore, paying less for -- claims for non-procedural office visits, a practice that provider groups said is unfair and may be anticompetitive.

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Insurer Aetna is pulling back on a downcoding policy for inpatient Medicare Advantage claims after at least one prominent hospital group criticized the original policy. In a notice posted to its ...

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“Guilty until proven innocent.” That’s how one practice owner described downcoding policies being implemented by large insurers on local independent physicians. After reviewing billing statements, ...

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Doctors say insurers are automatically downgrading their claims and paying less. Insurers say it’s their duty to prevent overbilling. In the beginning of the year, Dr. Terry Wagner’s office manager ...

In the beginning of the year, Dr. Terry Wagner’s office manager came to him and said “something weird is going on.” For weeks, the office manager told him, Wagner had been quietly underpaid by the ...

Tara Bannow covers hospitals, providers, and insurers. You can reach Tara on Signal at tarabannow.70. A federal judge in Texas threw out a Biden-era rule last week that would have ramped up federal ...

North Korea’s leader ruled out talks with Seoul but signaled he is open to resuming dialogue with President Donald Trump if Washington drops its demand that Pyongyang give up nuclear weapons, state ...