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MGMA calls for more granular health plan identifiers
The Medical Group Management Association has raised questions about the way the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is approaching its implementation of health plan identification numbers--the association of group practice administrators asked CMS to provide more granular identification of all entities that fund, receive and administer claims.
MGMA wants 'staggered' ICD-10 implementation
In a letter sent this week to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, Medical Group Management Association President Susan Turney reiterates the organization's position from March that the ICD-10 process, as currently outlined, lacks several steps.
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...
CHIME: Providers should be in 'lockstep' for ICD-10
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' proposed year-long delay of the ICD-10 deadline reaches an acceptable middle ground between those pushing for a delay and those wanting to stand
Fierce Q&A: WellPoint partners with providers to ensure smooth ICD-10 transition
When FierceHealthIT caught up with Ian Bonnet earlier this year, the vice president of business, IT strategy and execution leadership at Indianapolis-based WellPoint wasn't fazed by the Centers for
Meaningful Use Stage 1 confusion doesn't bode well for Stage 2
As the clock ticks down toward the May 7 deadline for commenting on the proposed Stage 2 Meaningful Use rules, reports that express concern about the program seem to be rising. The latest warning
ICD-10 triggers computer-assisted coding adoption
Spurred by the impending transition to the ICD-10 diagnostic code set, nearly half of healthcare providers surveyed by KLAS Research plan to adopt computer-assisted coding (CAC) software within the
How the ICD-10 delay could lead to smarter documentation
Provider organizations can make good use of the extra year they've been given to transition to the ICD-10 diagnostic set, Heather Haugen, vice president of research for Xerox subsidiary The Breakaway
Health plan identifier, ICD-10 delay will impact EHRs
The proposed rule released this week by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services that would create a new health plan identifier is expected to spur the use of transmissions to and from
HHS delays ICD-10, releases health plan identifier rule
The Department of Health & Human Services this week officially proposed delaying the ICD-10 deadline by an extra year to Oct. 1, 2014. It also released a proposed rule establishing a unique
