Why Healthcare Providers Are Concerned About The CMS Data Dump
Published: Wed, 06/11/14
Hi ,In two editorials published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, Gail Wilensky, PhD, a former administrator for the Health Care Financing…
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Who Was Behind The ICD-10 Delay?
Published: Tue, 06/10/14
Hi ,All indicators point to House Speaker John Boehner's office as the source of statutory language that delayed the move to the comple ICD-10 coding…
ICD-10 Test Results Post 89 Percent Acceptance Rate
Published: Mon, 06/09/14
Hi ,Although narrow in scope, results from the ICD-10 National Testing Week conducted early last March revealed that the Centers for Medicare &…
The New ASC ICD-10 Implementation Timeline
Published: Fri, 06/06/14
Hi ,In April, President Barack Obama signed into law the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, which provided another temporary sustainable…
ICD-10 Medical Code Tests Yield Successful Results for CMS
Published: Thu, 06/05/14
Hi ,The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' initial testing of updated medical diagnosis codes that will be required at health care payers and…
OIG Finds Improper Payments Cost Medicare Billions
Published: Wed, 06/04/14
Hi ,On May 29, 2014, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report, Improper Payments for Evaluation…
CMS Opens Vaults, Releases 2012 Medicare Charge Set
Published: Tue, 06/03/14
Hi ,The CMS is practicing what it preaches: The agency decided to open several large data sets for consumers, researchers and entrepreneurs to use.
CMS Advises Delay in ICD-10 Front-End Testing Until October
Published: Mon, 06/02/14
Hi ,Providers, suppliers, billing companies and clearinghouses can submit ICD-10 acknowledgement test claims anytime up to the new planned October 1,…
CMS Extends Partial Code Freeze for ICD-9-CM, ICD-10
Published: Fri, 05/30/14
Hi ,Information regarding the ICD-10 delay continues to trickle out of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. CMS has announced that the…
ICD-10: Stay the Course
Published: Thu, 05/29/14
Hi ,It has been a very bumpy ride since early April, when ICD-10 was delayed once again. Ironically, I was in the U.S. Virgin Islands when I received…