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AMA wants two-year delay of ICD-10
The American Medical Association wants the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to extend the deadline for ICD-10 "at a minimum" to Oct. 1, 2015, according to a letter sent to...
HHS finalizes new standards for Part D e-prescribing
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has finalized two changes in its e-prescribing rules for Medicare Part D, regulations that govern the standards for communications between dispensers
WEDI to work with CMS, other parties to jump-start 5010 transactions
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), an organization that facilitates improvements in the electronic exchange of information, has partnered with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Proposed ICD-10 delay elicits mixed reaction from health industry
The healthcare industry had a mixed response to yesterday's proposal by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to delay the deadline for ICD-10 implementation from Oct. 1, 2013 to
Improvements needed in ambulatory patient safety, infection control
Consistent with previous reports that physician offices can be just as dangerous to patients as hospitals, a new report from the American Medical Association contends that more research is needed to
AHIMA switches training emphasis from ICD-9 to ICD-10
Medical records training courses at community colleges are transitioning from the ICD-9 to the ICD-10 code set, according to Patt Peterson, director of education and workforce for the American Health
MGMA urges changes in ICD-10 implementation approach
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has requested, in a letter sent to U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius , that HHS change its approach to
Fee-for-service shift to new payment models a big change for docs
If you're not already trying to navigate bundled payments, pay-for-performance, withholds and risk pools, capitation and shared savings, you will be soon. Although many doctors still receive payments
AT&T takes over AMA's Amagine physician portal
Nearly a year after the American Medical Association announced the nationwide availability of its Amagine physician portal, AT&T has taken over Amagine and integrated it with its Healthcare
Overcoming the documentation challenges of ICD-10
Healthcare system managers know that the hardest part of moving to ICD-10 will be training physicians to document their work in ways that facilitate appropriate coding. Physicians are not necessarily
