Unless there is another delay, the United States will transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 in all health care settings on October 1, 2015. This will not be a gradual transition as there will be no grace ...

After three delays and much industry opposition, the United States’ healthcare industry transitioned Oct. 1 to ICD-10, catching up with the latest version of the international classification of ...

CMS has identified potential claims processing issues that span the ICD-10 implementation date, or when ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes may both apply, according to a Medicare Learning Network Matters report ...

MGMA-ACMPE President and CEO Susan Turney, MD, recently sent a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius with seven recommendations on how to proceed with the implementation of ICD-10.

As insurance payers increasingly rely on automation and algorithm-driven claim reviews, emergency physician groups face growing financial risk. Instead of evaluating the full clinical picture, many ...

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When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., kicked off the three hours of debate prior to voting on the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 by saying “this legislation is not perfect, it’s ...

Many rare diseases don't have an ICD code, and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at NIH is exploring ways to best expand those codes to benefit rare disease patients and ...