Good news on implementation
HIM-HIPAA Insider, April 27, 2015
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I spent the weekend reading the 2016 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule. Not the most thrilling reading ever (government-ese should be classified as a foreign language). I did not read all 1,526 page word for word, in part because of the number of tables included in the proposed rule. Those tables offer a pretty strong indication that CMS believes ICD-10 will be implemented this October.
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