Dive Brief:
- CMS has quietly set October 1, 2015 as the new ICD-10 switchover date, according to Health Data Management.
- The new deadline was buried in a nearly 1,700-page proposed rule regarding fiscal year 2015 inpatient policies released April 30.
- The switch from ICD-9 to ICD-10 means providers and insurers will have to go from using about 14,000 codes to 69,000 codes.
Dive Insight:
According to iHealthBeat, CMS is now seeking feedback on how, "if at all, it should adjust performance scoring under the hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program to accommodate quality data coded under ICD-10," when compared with data collected before the switchover. This is but one of many strategic questions CMS will have to answer to assist providers in preparing for the massive changes coming. The next 12 months should prove to be one of the more challenging periods for providers in recent memory, particularly given that EMR adjustment continues.