All my fellow HIM Professional, #AHIMA members, family and friends congress will be voting tomorrow on an important bill to delay the implementation of ICD-10. Your help is needed. If this bill is passed there is language in the SGR (Substainable Growth Rate) patch that would delay ICD-10 implementation until October 2015. CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) estimates that a one-year delay could cost between $1 billion and $6.6 billion. This is approximately 10-30 percent of what has already been invested by providers, payers, vendors, and academic programs in several districts across the county. Without ICD-10, the return on investment in EHRs ( Electronic Health Records) and health data exchange will be greatly diminished. I urge all who is reading this to please contact your Representatives and Senators asking them to oppose the ICD-10 delay and let Speaker Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Reid know that a delay in ICD-10 will substantially increase total implementation costs in your district as well as delay the positive impact for patient care.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:47:44 +0000
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