The American Medical Association, along with 99 state and specialty physician societies, is requesting that CMS put in place contingency plans to mitigate potential disruption following the implementation of ICD-10.
"The likelihood that Medicare will reject nearly one in five of the millions of claims that go through our complex health care system each day represents an intolerable and unnecessary disruption to physician practices," said AMA President Robert M. Wah, MD. "Robust contingency plans must be ready on day one of the ICD-10 switchover to save precious health care dollars and reduce unnecessary administrative tasks that take valuable time and resources away from patient care."
The physician groups are also asking CMS to consider how ICD-10 implementation will affect meaningful use and the Physician Quality Measurement System.