"Downcoding" is when health insurers reduce the reimbursement level of a physician's claim. It's a trend adding burden to ...

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 ...

With the red tape of health insurance already causing frustration for millions of Americans, doctors are helping to shed light on a common industry practice: downcoding. Insurance companies change ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A bill in Springfield could prohibit health insurance companies from using artificial intelligence to code a health service lower than what is actually provided to patients.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Illinois House unanimously passed a bill Wednesday to ban insurance companies from automatically coding a health service lower than what is actually provided to patients ...