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Donate to the MSHIMA Not-So-Silent Auction
MSHIMA holds an auction each year at the Annual Meeting as a fundraiser for scholarships that are given to deserving students wishing to advance their career in the HIM field. We ask that you assist us with this by donating an item of any monetary value to the auction. If you wish to participate, contact Kristy Artmann, silent auction chair, at kartmann@smcc.edu. Items may be sent to Kristy Artmann, 1156 College Drive, Summit, MS 39666. Deadline to receive mailed donations is June 12, 2015.
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Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2015
As anticipated, there is a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to eliminate implementation of ICD-10. Although most do not expect this bill to gain much traction among representatives, it is one that must be watched closely and advocated against by HIM professionals. Updates will be sent regarding this bill as they are made available.
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Getting the data stream flowing: Hospitals want monitoring devices and EHRs to communicate
Ending years of last-minute fixes, President Barack Obama on Thursday signed legislation permanently changing how Medicare pays doctors, a rare bipartisan achievement by Democrats and Republicans. The bill overhauls a 1997 law that aimed to slow Medicare's growth by limiting reimbursements to doctors. Instead, doctors threatened to leave the Medicare program, and that forced Congress repeatedly to block those reductions. Obama signed the legislation Thursday in front of reporters and photographers, sitting alone and coatless in balmy spring weather on the patio of the White House Rose Garden. The Senate passed the bill two days ago; the House approved it in March.
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AHIMA Comments on ICD-10-PCS Code Proposals
AHIMA submitted comments to CMS on the ICD-10-PCS code proposals presented at the March ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance (C&M) Committee meeting. The letter opposes implementation of any new ICD-10-PCS codes on October 1, 2015, given that this is the ICD-10 transition date, and opposes creation of a new section of codes for new technology.
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FY2016 Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Proposed Rule Released
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a proposed rule outlining proposed fiscal year (FY) 2016 Medicare payment policies and rates for the Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS). This rule proposes updating the Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting Program by expanding the measure sets in future fiscal years and changing certain data reporting requirements for these measures.
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