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CMS promises end-to-end ICD-10 testing this summer

CMS announced it would conduct end-to-end testing of ICD-10 with a sample group of physicians this summer in response to a letter from the AMA urging further consideration of the code set.

Claims Processing
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Deadline for Medicare meaningful use attestation extended

Physicians who participated in Medicare EHR program in 2013 now have until March 31 to attest to the meaningful use requirements, a month later than the original deadline of Feb. 28.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Medicare ACOs saved $380 million in first year, CMS reports

Preliminary results for the first year of Medicare's two ACO programs indicate that the new model for care delivery and payment can be an effective way to rein in health care costs while improving quality.

Payment & Delivery Models
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Frightening cost estimates for ICD-10 should make regulators listen

An AMA study released last week estimated dramatically high costs for practices to implement the mandated ICD-10 code set. As a physician, the study results were very frightening. 

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Judge orders arbitration period for Medicare Advantage terminations

Thousands of physicians dropped from UnitedHealthcare's Medicare Advantage network without cause have been granted 30 days to challenge their termination, thanks to a recent federal court ruling.

Judicial Advocacy
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Medical associations urge HHS to address Medicare appeals backlog

Following a January notice from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that Medicare appeals could be delayed for more than two years, the AMA and nearly 100 other organizations called on the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) to remedy the appeals backlog. In a letter sent...

Medicare & Medicaid
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New CMS 1500 claim form to replace old version April 1

If you use the CMS 1500 claim form - whether the paper form or a data-entry version in your practice management system - now's the time to make sure you have the latest version, announced in the summer. Beginning April 1, payers no longer will accept the older version of the form for payment. This...

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ICD-10 financially disastrous for physicians, AMA tells HHS

Citing dramatically high costs and interference with quality improvements, the AMA on Wednesday continued its efforts to stop ICD-10 implementation.

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ICD-10 implementation costs "much more disruptive": New study

New estimates of costs to implement the federally mandated ICD-10 code set by Oct. 1 are in some cases nearly three times more than previously estimated., according to an AMA study.

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