ICD-10 delayed, doc pay patched again

The U.S. Senate voted to pass the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, which both pushes back the compliance deadline for ICD-10 and perseveres the pay rate for doctors treating Medicare patients. Before those officially take hold, however, President Barack Obama has to sign the bill into law. Senators moved the bill along by a vote of 64 to 35. As was the case in the House hearing last Thursday members of Congress spoke passionately about how problematic the bill and the process of cramming it through have been. read more
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