1. The new legislation is titled the Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2015. The bill would bar HHS from mandating the transition to ICD-10.
2. Rep. Poe’s legislation is co-sponsored by Mo Brooks (R.-Ala.), Blake Farenthold (R-Tex.), Morgan Griffith (R.-Va.), Tom Price (R.-Ga.), Phil Roe (R.-Tenn.) and Mike Rogers (R.-Ala.).
3. Rep. Poe and Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) introduced similar legislation in April 2013, according to the report, but it failed to gain much traction.
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