With less than three months remaining until the nation switches from ICD-9 to ICD-10 coding for medical diagnoses and inpatient hospital procedures, CMS and the AMA are announcing efforts to continue to help physicians get ready ahead of the October 1 deadline. CMS is releasing additional guidance that will allow for flexibility.
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Building on the AMA’s current efforts to transform medical education and ensure medical students are trained and prepared to practice in the evolving health care environment, the American Medical Association (AMA) adopted policy to ensure medical students receive necessary hands-on clinical experience using electronic health records (EHR).
The game-changing digital transformation of medicine is emerging into a new phase, according to Robert M. Wah, M.D., president of the American Medical Association (AMA), and there is reason for great optimism in the future of this evolution as the AMA helps physicians take on a greater role in leading changes that will move technological innovations forward.
In his recent speech to the AMA House of Delegates, AMA president Dr. Robert Wah characterized the planned implementation of ICD-10 as analogous to the dark forces controlling the galaxy in the movie Star Wars: “If it was a droid, ICD-10 would serve Darth Vader… For more than a decade, the AMA kept ICD-10 at bay – and we want to freeze it in carbonite!”
Last week AMA, HIMSS, CHIME and MGMA issued statements calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to shorten the 2015 reporting period for providers to attest to meeting the Stage 2 meaningful use.
In response to a statement released by the AMA leadership departures from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, the ONC has clarified Dr. Karen DeSalvo will continue to work on health IT policy matters and development of the Interoperability Roadmap.
On Tuesday, October 15, the AMA released their vision outlining the future of the EHR Incentive program and meaningful use. The blueprint was included in a letter to CMS and the ONC ahead of the anticipated release of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaning (NPRM) for Stage 3 meaningful use requirements.
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