Despite months of positive progress. Despite endorsements from the General Accounting Office (GAO). Despite an overwhelming amount of support in favor of implementing ICD-10 at a recent hearing in front of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s subcommittee on Health, and despite his own words suggesting if not outright indicating the October 1, 2015 implementation date would be met, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has received word that Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Tx) is now looking to draft legislation to once again delay ICD-10. As such, AHIMA is asking its constituents and the industry as a whole to call your local congressman to advocate for no further ICD-10 delay. The organization’s instructions are listed below.
As a reminder, NYP is in full support of the transition to ICD-10 and is operationally, clinically, and financially ready to implement these new code sets. The increased specificity of ICD-10 enables NYP to truly communicate the amazing care it provides to its patients every day.
Call these legislators today and voice your support for ICD-10 in 2015. Note, this will be the most critical month in Congress to ensure the new code sets are implemented this year. You can follow these 4 easy steps:
1) Call Dr. Michael Burgess at (202) 225-7772
2) State that you support ICD-10 implementation in 2015.
3) Use the talking points below:
- We need the code sets in 2015!
- A recent GAO report supports ICD-10 readiness
- Small physician practices are expected to spend between $1,900 and $6,000 to transition to the new code set. This is much lower than previous reports. The study can be found on coalitionforICD-10.org
4) You can additionally call these congressmen to voice your support:
- Chairman Pete Sessions TX-32 (202) 225-2231
- Rep. Virginia Foxx NC 5 (202) 225-2071
- Rep. Tom Cole OK 4 (202) 225-6165
- Rep. Rob Woodall GA-7 (202) 225-4272
- Rep. Steve Stivers OH-15 (202) 225-2015
- Rep. Doug Collins GA-9 (202) 225-9893
- Rep. Louise Slaughter NY-25 (202) 225-3615