The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed to modernize Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program managed care regulations to update the programs’ rules and strengthen the delivery of quality care for beneficiaries.
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Nearly 900 comments were submitted electronically for both CMS and ONC proposed rules on stage 3 meaningful use. Read what the industry leaders had to say.
By Jon White MD & Steven Posnack – Spring has arrived in Washington and it is the season of change. In our ongoing pursuit of agile and effective public service, we turn our attention today to how we get timely and effective public input.
By Bonnie Cassidy – The ICD-10 transition deadline is six months away and HIM teams are working around the clock to ensure a smooth switch over. But how much do you know about the history of this new code set? Take a break from the preparation work for a few minutes and play ICD-10 Jeopardy!
By John Halamka MD – The May 2015 HIT Standards Committee focused on an in depth review of the ONC NPRM, with the goal of providing guidance to ONC by June as to which standards should be included in final rule, which should not be included, and which should be identified as directionally appropriate for inclusion in future regulation.
It looks like transition to ICD-10 will not see another delay. Transition date is October 1, 2015. Here are three surveys that looked at readiness, attitudes, and concerns about the transition.
US Congressional offices informed the ICD-10 Coalition that physicians have been calling in concerned that the increased specificity in the ICD-10-CM codes will lead to an increase in recovery audit contractor (RAC) audits.
In these ICD-10 infographics, see the results of an ICD-10 readiness survey, what impact ICD-10 will have, how famous Shakespearean characters would be diagnosed with ICD-10 codes & how we can get on track for ICD-10.
John Halamka MD – I’m in Washington today for the HIT Standards Committee and I will post the usual summary of the meeting this evening. However, I wanted to post a morning preview of the opening comments I’ll make a the meeting. We are in a time of great turmoil in healthcare IT policy making.