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 ...

The ISMS-backed bill would prohibit health insurance companies from automatically coding a health service at a level lower than what patients received. This bill is another example of how Illinois ...

“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, ...