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Guidance Regarding ICD-10 Flexibilities

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Clarifying Questions and Answers Related to the July 6, 2015 CMS/AMA Joint Announcement and Guidance Regarding ICD-10 Flexibilities     Question 1: When will the ICD-10 Ombudsman be in place? Answer 1: The Ombudsman will be in place by October 1, 2015. Question 2: Does the Guidance mean there is a delay in ICD-10 implementation? Answer 2: No. The CMS/AMA Continue reading Guidance Regarding ICD-10 Flexibilities→

Over 2,100 participants in performance period of Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative

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CMS announces additional participants in pilot project to improve care and reduce costs for Medicare.   The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) today announced that over 2,100 acute care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, physician group practices, long-term care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, and home health agencies transitioned from a preparatory period to a risk-bearing implementation period in which Continue reading Over 2,100 participants in performance period of Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative→

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The University of Texas Health Science (Houston) Selected to participate in Health IT Grant Program

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More than $38 million awarded to improve coordinated health information sharing in communities across America As part of the Administration’s efforts to create an interoperable learning health system that achieves better care, smarter spending and healthier people, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced today twenty awardees for Continue reading The University of Texas Health Science (Houston) Selected to participate in Health IT Grant Program→

Medicare Part D may no longer cover drugs for non-enroled prescribers

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Part D Prescriber Enrollment – Home Any physician or other eligible professional who prescribes Part D drugs must either enroll in the Medicare program or opt out in order to prescribe drugs to their patients with Part D prescription drug benefit plans. Medicare Part D may no longer cover drugs that are prescribed by physicians or other eligible professionals who Continue reading Medicare Part D may no longer cover drugs for non-enroled prescribers→