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            <title>HaloMD Analysis Claims No Surprises Act Slashes Out-of-Network Emergency Care Costs by Up to 52%</title>
            <link>https://billingcodinghub.com/articles/halomd-no-surprises-act-emergency-care-claims-analysis</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The ongoing battle over the financial impact of the No Surprises Act (NSA) has taken a new turn. A new medical coding and billing...]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:01:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Savista Acquires ABW Medical, Expanding Ambulatory Revenue Cycle Management Across 49 States</title>
            <link>https://billingcodinghub.com/articles/savista-acquires-abw-medical-ambulatory-rcm-expansion</link>
            <description><![CDATA[On August 27, 2026, Savista, a premier healthcare operations firm with over 35 years of revenue cycle management (R...]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:00:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Over 200 Healthcare Stakeholders Push Back on CMS Proposal to Cut Third-Party RPM Payments in 2027</title>
            <link>https://billingcodinghub.com/articles/healthcare-stakeholders-push-back-cms-rpm-billing-2027</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In a defining moment for the future of telehealth and **medical coding and billing**, over 200 healthcare stakeholders have formally pushed back against a controversial proposal by the Centers for Med...]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 06:01:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Penguin Ai Brings Autonomous Medical Coding and RCM to AWS Marketplace to Combat Claim Denials</title>
            <link>https://billingcodinghub.com/articles/penguin-ai-autonomous-medical-coding-rcm-aws-marketplace</link>
            <description><![CDATA[**PALO ALTO, Calif.** — In a major leap for revenue cycle management automation, healthcare-native artificial intelligence company Penguin Ai officially launched its autonomous Intelligent Medical Cod...]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 06:00:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>CMS Unveils 2027 ICD-10-CM and October 2026 HCPCS Updates: What Medical Coders Need to Know</title>
            <link>https://billingcodinghub.com/articles/cms-2027-icd-10-cm-hcpcs-coding-billing-updates</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As the healthcare industry gears up for the fourth quarter, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a slew of critical updates that will reshape medical coding and billing wor...]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 06:02:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>CMS Releases October 2026 HCPCS Update: New SNF Consolidated Billing Rules for Angiography & Lymphatic Services</title>
            <link>https://billingcodinghub.com/articles/cms-october-2026-hcpcs-update-snf-consolidated-billing-angiography-lymphatic</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) [1.1....]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 06:01:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>** $380 Million Oversight: How Conflicting CMS Guidance Led to Massive Medicare Overpayments for Organ Acquisition</title>
            <link>https://billingcodinghub.com/articles/** hhs-oig-report-cms-guidance-organ-acquisition-costs-380-million</link>
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In early September 2026, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General...]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 06:01:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Navigating the Newly Released FY 2027 ICD-10-CM Updates: What Medical Coders Need to Know</title>
            <link>https://billingcodinghub.com/articles/newly-released-fy-2027-icd-10-cm-updates-medical-coding</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The countdown to October has officially begun for healthcare revenue cycle teams. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:01:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>HHS Secretary RFK Jr. Targets AMA's $300M CPT Code Monopoly: What It Means for Medical Billing</title>
            <link>https://billingcodinghub.com/articles/rfk-jr-targets-ama-cpt-code-monopoly-medical-billing</link>
            <description><![CDATA[On August 27, 2026, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. released a video urging Americans to challenge the American Medical Association’s (AMA) long-standing control over m...]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:01:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>ASCA Formally Urges CMS to Eliminate the ASC Weight Scalar in the 2027 Payment Rule Amid Threat of Severe Reimbursement Cuts</title>
            <link>https://billingcodinghub.com/articles/asca-urges-cms-eliminate-asc-weight-scalar-2027-payment-rule</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA) is sounding the alarm over the Centers for...]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:01:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Breaking: UnitedHealthcare Drops Prior Authorization for 1,700 Codes Effective October 2026</title>
            <link>https://billingcodinghub.com/articles/unitedhealthcare-drops-prior-authorization-1700-codes-october-2026</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Medical coders, billers, and revenue cycle managers can finally breathe a sigh of relief. On Tuesday, September 1, 2026, UnitedHealthcare (UHC), the nation’s largest private health insurer, announced ...]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 06:01:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Monogram Health Inks $2.4M Settlement Over Medicare Advantage Upcoding and False Diagnosis Codes</title>
            <link>https://billingcodinghub.com/articles/monogram-health-medicare-advantage-upcoding-settlement-2-4m</link>
            <description><![CDATA[On August 24, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Tennessee-based in...]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 06:00:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Half a Billion Dollar Diagnosis: The Villages Health System Agrees to $541.5M Settlement Over Medicare Advantage Coding Scheme</title>
            <link>https://billingcodinghub.com/articles/villages-health-system-541-million-medicare-advantage-coding-settlement</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The tranquil golf cart paths of central Florida's massive retirement community are the backdrop for one of the most...]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 06:01:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>CMS Proposes Flat Per-Square-Centimeter Rate for Non-Sheet Skin Substitutes in 2027 to Close Billing Gaps</title>
            <link>https://billingcodinghub.com/articles/cms-proposes-flat-rate-non-sheet-skin-substitutes-2027</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is moving to close the final...]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 06:02:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>AMA Accelerates Innovation: CPT Category III Early Release Schedule Expands to Three Updates Annually</title>
            <link>https://billingcodinghub.com/articles/ama-cpt-category-iii-early-release-three-updates-2026</link>
            <description><![CDATA[# AMA Accelerates Innovation: CPT Category III Early Release Schedule Expands to Three Updates Annually

**August 31, 2...]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 06:02:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Arintra Secures $25M Series B to Revolutionize Autonomous Medical Coding and Revenue Assurance</title>
            <link>https://billingcodinghub.com/articles/arintra-25m-series-b-ai-medical-coding-revenue-assurance</link>
            <description><![CDATA[**San Francisco, CA** — The U.S. healthcare system is a $5 trillion enterprise, yet health systems and provider groups consistently hemorrhage revenue due...]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 06:01:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Waystar Unveils Agentic AI to Autonomously Resolve Denied Claims and Transform the Revenue Cycle</title>
            <link>https://billingcodinghub.com/articles/waystar-altitudeai-agentic-ai-denied-claims-revenue-cycle</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Healthcare providers have long battled the staggering administrative waste and lost revenue associated with denied medical claims. However, the landscape of healthcare revenue cycle management (R...]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 06:01:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>CMS Deploys AI to Crush $1.6 Billion in Medicare Lab Fraud and Up-Coded Claims</title>
            <link>https://billingcodinghub.com/articles/cms-ai-blocks-1-6-billion-medicare-lab-fraud-genetic-drug-testing</link>
            <description><![CDATA[**WASHINGTON, D.C.** — In a massive crackdown on medical billing fraud, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on August 28, 2026, that it has successfully blocked and recovered ...]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 06:01:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>AHA Formally Urges CMS to Abandon 2027 OPPS Clawbacks and 340B Cuts: What It Means for Medical Billing</title>
            <link>https://billingcodinghub.com/articles/aha-urges-cms-abandon-2027-opps-340b-clawbacks-billing</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The American Hospital Association (AHA) is pushing back fiercely against the Centers...]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 06:01:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Oracle Health Transforms Medical Coding and Billing with "Rev" and New AI Capabilities</title>
            <link>https://billingcodinghub.com/articles/oracle-health-rev-medical-coding-billing-ai</link>
            <description><![CDATA[For healthcare organizations, the gap between clinical documentation and revenue cycle management has long been a source of administrative bloat, delayed reimbursements, and physician burnout. Now, Or...]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:02:38 GMT</pubDate>
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