The doctors’ association is blowing up the U.S.’ decades-old coding system for recording pregnancy services and starting fresh next year, bowing to calls from OB-GYNs and other maternity specialists.

During your next office visit, don’t be surprised if your doctor or nurse takes a keener interest in exactly where you sprained your ankle or how you developed that upper respiratory infection. The ...

The Social Security Administration has spent the past 10 years cutting its rate of errors nearly in half for the medical diagnosis coding used for millions of disability benefit recipients. But now ...

As of 2023, nearly half of U.S. hospital and health systems have at least one partnership, affiliation, or ownership interest in ASCs. Reports from industry publications indicate ASCs are becoming ...

A child who needs life-saving medication fast puts emergency room doctors on the spot. "If a child comes in cardiac arrest and you don't know how much they weigh, you guess their weight. You try to ...