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CMS: No ICD-10 Delay; AMA - It Costs too Much!

Posted by Scott Shatzman on Mon, Mar, 17, 2014 @ 10:03 AM

The AMA has asked the Department of Health and Human Services to reconsider mandating the switch to ICD-10 on October 1, 2014.  In remarks delivered February 27th at the 2014 HIMSS Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner publicly rejected that call.  “There are no more delays and the system, will go live on Oct 1.” Tavenner said.

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