tci Part B Insider - 2014 Issue 26

Physician Notes: CMS Finally Releases Stats on ICD-10 Testing

Plus: Diagnosis freeze may thaw. Although many practices were eager to hear news about CMS’s ICD-10 testing and whether it was successful, the agency was mum on the issue for what seemed like an eternity—until now.  During a meeting of the Standards Subcommittee of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) last month, CMS’s Denesecia Green denied that end-to-end testing was permanently cancelled—instead referring to the testing as simply being delayed. “There will be testing,” Green said to the group.  In addition, the agency’s John Evangelist said that...

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