BC Advantage - 2013 Issue 4

Warning Shot from HIMSS to CMS Raises Questions

By Chuck BuckLike a warning shot fired across the bow, news of a four-page letter from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) to CMS Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner urging the agency to hold firm to the October 2014 ICD-10 compliance date has raised concerns and fears that CMS might capitulate under more pressure from the American Medical Association (AMA).In the letter, sent in early February and signed by HIMSS President and CEO H. Stephen Lieber and board chairwoman Willa Fields, HIMSS urged CMS to "send a strong message that ICD-10 has already been thoroughly vetted, will...

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