BC Advantage - 2010 Issue 4

3 ways Congress could still kill ICD-10

As the U.S. House of Representatives inked the latest episode in the sustainable growth rate saga, many eyes of the industry were watching to see whether anything related to ICD-10 landed among that bill's pages.A collective sigh of relief followed the House's passage of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act this past week when that alphanumeric acronym was nowhere to be found. Instead, the House bill promises to finally fix the looming 21 percent reduction in what Medicare pays doctors.But make no mistake: Just because it's not in the House bill doesn't mean ICD-10 is...

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