Medicare coverage determinations updated for ICD-10.
CMS has updated its national coverage determination edits to include ICD-10 codes, which will allow for providers to predict how their reimbursements will change after the Oct. 1, 2014, implementation date.
Legislation would offer EHR exemptions to retirement-age physicians.
Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) has introduced a bill to the House of Representatives that would waive electronic health record penalties for physicians near to retirement-age that fail to adopt the systems.
AAPC releases suggestions to ensure EMR template compliance.
AAPC has released a few suggestions for learning to code in conjunction with electronic medical records, which helps practices to remain up-to-date and compliant.
AAOS names Dr. Wilford Gibson its chair of the board of councilors.
Wilford K. Gibson, MD, founding member of the Bon Secour Ambulatory Surgery Center in Virginia Beach, has been appointed as chair of the board of councilors of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
San Joaquin Community Hospital plans 2 ASCs.
San Joaquin Community Hospital in Bakersfield, Calif., has submitted licensing requests to the California Department of Public Health for two ambulatory surgery centers.
River Oaks Hospital opens freestanding pediatric surgery center.
River Oaks Hospital in Flowood, Miss., has opened a freestanding pediatric surgery center geared towards providing outpatients services to children ages three months to 19 years.
FDA clears 8 GI devices.
The FDA granted 510(k) clearance to eight gastroenterology related devices in the month of March.
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