Electronic Medical Records
The US Senate passed the SGR fix bill on Monday, 3/31/14 that included language delaying ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation. Pending the President’s signature, ICD-10 will be delayed again until October 1, 2015. We will keep you updated. ###
Possible delay in ICD-10 United States House of Representatives passed House Bill 4302. The bill proposes to extend Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) current rate to April 15th, 2015 and would delay other Medicare deadlines. The bill, as currently drafted, would also postpone ICD-10-CM implementation until after Oct. 1, 2015 and restrict the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from acting without congressional Continue reading Possible Delay in ICD-10-CM Implementation
Nearly all survey respondents expect to complete their conversion to ICD-10 by October 2014 HIMSS recently published the results of the 25th Annual 2014 HIMSS Leadership Survey, which highlights the journey of health IT over the past 25 years. The Survey examines a wide array of topics crucial to healthcare leaders including IT priorities, issues driving and challenging technology adoption and IT Continue reading Providers On Track For ICD-10 According to Annual Leadership Survey
Strong momentum continues for the meaningful use program as CMS revealed that it has disbursed more than $19 billion in reimbursement incentives. Indeed, there were 440, 998 registered providers participating in the federal electronic health record incentive program as of the end of 2013, with $19.2 billion paid out in incentives, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Continue reading EHR incentive payments soar beyond $19 billion
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