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MGMA wants 'staggered' ICD-10 implementation
In a letter sent this week to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, Medical Group Management Association President Susan Turney reiterates the organization's position from March that the ICD-10 process, as currently outlined, lacks several steps.
MGMA to CMS: Extend e-prescribing deadline to December
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to delay the reporting and hardship exemption deadline in CMS' e-prescribing program from June 30 to Dec. 31, 2012.
'Top 100 hospitals' ahead of peers in health IT
A new report from HIMSS Analytics, the research arm of the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS), shows that the top 100 hospitals in Reuters' annual survey for 2009 and 2010
CMS delays 5010 enforcement, yet again
Once again, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has postponed enforcement of its regulations requiring the use of the 5010 standards in all electronic healthcare transactions. Just
CMS considers delay on ICD-10 implementation
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is considering whether to delay implementation of the ICD-10 diagnostic code set, according to several news reports. Marilyn Tavenner, acting
MGMA wants 5010 delay expanded due to practice unreadiness
With a majority of physician practices still unprepared for the impending transition to the government-mandated 5010 transaction set for electronic transactions, the Medical Group Management
MGMA: Doctors not ready for 5010, 'contingency plan' needed
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has called for the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to create a contingency plan for the impending transition to the 5010 electronic
Logjam of health IT initiatives could mean delays for HIPAA 5010, ICD-10
Call it Carmageddon: Healthcare Edition. Last week, Los Angeles shut down a portion of its key 405 artery to broaden the highway, forcing many commuters to stay home. Architects of the road widening
MGMA's new leader seeks to expand its health IT involvement
Dr. Susan Turney, who has been named as the next president and CEO of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and the American College of Medical Practice Executives (AMCPE), is a big
CMS to adopt CORE rules for eligibility and claims status transactions
An interim final rule set to publish July 8 will define standard sets of information to be used in insurance eligibility and claims status transactions. The new CMS operating rules are expected to
