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Historic Medicare Reform Bill Passed After several years of negotiations and discussions, a bipartisan group in Congress recently reached a deal to permanently reform the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula for Part B physician payment. The measure, the Medicare Access and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act reforms the Medicare physician payment system, helps slow healthcare cost growth, and Continue reading Historic Medicare Reform Bill Passed→

The Senate burned the midnight oil late last night, approving legislation to repeal the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula. The bill passed 92-8 and without reference to an ICD-10 delay, giving further momentum towards the Oct 1, 2015 implementation deadline and creating increased urgency for those still preparing for the new medical code set, with all major hurdles now cleared. After Continue reading Senate Passes SGR Bill Without Further ICD-10 Delay→

Responses from more than 1,100 vendors, health plans and providers indicate ICD-10 delay has slowed some readiness activities; compliance date uncertainty cited as top obstacle   The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange, announced the release of its findings from its February 2015 Continue reading WEDI Survey Suggests Mixed Industry ICD-10 Readiness→