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The ICD-10 implementation date has officially been pushed back until October 2015. Here are four CMS updates announced after the delay.

As healthcare providers and payers face seek to move from fee-for-service to value-based payment, a considerable number of them are implementing bundled payment plans.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recommends providers, suppliers, billing companies and clearinghouses to begin ICD-10 front-end testing in October, according to a Health Data Management report.

In March, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services conducted an ICD-10 testing week. Approximately 2,600 participating testers submitted more than 127,000 claims with ICD-10 codes to the Medicare Fee-for-Service claims system.

As patients take on more financial responsibility for care, the criticism of cryptic or unclear pricing has grown. Patients have become consumers and are demanding increased knowledge of their cost of care before it is given. Here are five things…

The global practice management system market is expected to reach a value of $247.1 million by 2018, according to a Research and Markets report.

The one-year delay in the implementation of ICD-10 may have caused an upheaval in healthcare organizations' plans; however, the extra time can prove to be beneficial.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has extended the partial ICD-10 code freeze until October 2016, according to an EHR Intelligence report.

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In April, President Barack Obama signed into law the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, which provided another temporary sustainable growth patch and effectively derailed ICD-10 implementation for at least a year.