Dive Brief:
- CMS accepted 89% of ICD-10 front-end test claims submitted by providers, suppliers, building companies and clearinghouses in March, according to a post on CMS.gov.
- Some regions reported acceptance rates of 99%.
- Clearinghouses submitted 50% of those claims, according to Niall Brennan, acting director of the agency's Offices of Enterprise Management.
Dive Insight:
With typical claims acceptance rates in the range of 95% to 98%, it's clear that those submitting the ICD-10 test claims have more work to do. However,given that testing is just getting rolling for many participants, the relatively high rate of acceptance augurs well for the success of the ICD-9 to ICD-10 transition. Let's see how stakeholders perform when the next round of testing begins in 2015.