The delay is officially happening. I am incredibly relieved that our practice burdens will not be compounded by this transition right now. Thank you for helping me show the congressman exactly how critical this relief is for our local medical community.
July 15, 2015
Final supporters
All El Paso physicians are encouraged to sign an online petition that urges our congressman, Beto O'Rourke, to co-sponsor HR 2126. The bill would stop the October 1, 2015 ICD-10
implementation.
Congressman O'Rourke has been an outstanding representative of the El Paso medical
community and been very responsive to all of our concerns. This online petition is a great way for El Paso physicians to become engaged in the public policy process and demonstrate their interest in a key issue such as the ICD-10 implementation.
To learn more about the legislation, visit this link.
AMA Letter to Representative Poe.
Dear Congressman O'Rourke,
As physicians in the El Paso medical community, we are writing to encourage you to co-sponsor HR 2126, which would block the October 1, 2015 implementation date for ICD-10.
Physicians are overwhelmed with the prospect of the tremendous administrative and financial burdens of transitioning to ICD-10. ICD-10 consists of 68,000 codes -- a five-fold increase from the approximately 13,000 diagnosis codes currently in ICD-9. Implementation of ICD-10 will affect physician claims submission and most business processes within a physician's practice, including verifying patient eligibility, obtaining pre-authorization for services, documentation of the patient's visit, research activities, public health reporting, and quality reporting. As HIPAA-covered entities, physicians will be responsible for complying with this ICD-10 mandate, and therefore will bear the entire cost of such a transition. Furthermore, physicians face the prospect of significant disruption in claims processing and payment during the transition to ICD-10 and any physician who is unable to transition to ICD-10 by the implementation date simply will not get paid.
The American Medical Association, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and other medical specialty society groups strongly support HR 2126.
Updates
June 1, 2015
We just hit 250 signatures and the response from our local medical community is truly overwhelming. My colleagues and I are exhausted by these administrative burdens, so seeing this level of unity gives me real hope for our practices.
Reached 250 supporters
May 30, 2015
Reached 100 supporters
May 29, 2015
May 28, 2015
We are approaching one hundred signatures and the momentum here in El Paso is picking up. Please send this link to a colleague right now to help us break through this threshold.
80 Comments
This will kill most solo and group practices of less than 3 MD's causing the disappearance of private and personal health care and allowing for forced intuitional (UMC like) healthcare for all. Not the nest care for grandma and grandpa
The implementation of government programs like this do not promote better patient care. It only ensures that we spend more time staring at a computer screen clicking buttons rather than addressing our patients' actual health concerns.
Although my electronic health records are ID 10 ready, insurance providers are not. We have been advised to keep 6 months worth of funds in anticipation of delays from insurance providers. Not acceptable!
Beto, the implementation of ICD-10 will truly bring about disruption of medical care to our medical practice. Much less time will be spent on patient care and instead this time will be placed on executing countless hours of bureaucratic documentation to ensure payment. It's a lose ,lose situation for both the patient and the doctor.
The U.S. is the only country that will have to use ICD-10 for billing & payment purposes. This will have a grave impact on medical practices in the US and orthopedics in particular (many of the new/additional codes areal with musculoskeletal conditions or injuries).
Please co-sponsor HR 2126 and support survival of meaningful and quality health care in our country.
Thank you for your continued support.
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The delay is officially happening. I am incredibly relieved that our practice burdens will not be compounded by this transition right now. Thank you for helping me show the congressman exactly how critical this relief is for our local medical community.
July 15, 2015
Final supporters
All El Paso physicians are encouraged to sign an online petition that urges our congressman, Beto O'Rourke, to co-sponsor HR 2126. The bill would stop the October 1, 2015 ICD-10
implementation.
Congressman O'Rourke has been an outstanding representative of the El Paso medical
community and been very responsive to all of our concerns. This online petition is a great way for El Paso physicians to become engaged in the public policy process and demonstrate their interest in a key issue such as the ICD-10 implementation.
To learn more about the legislation, visit this link.
AMA Letter to Representative Poe.
Dear Congressman O'Rourke,
As physicians in the El Paso medical community, we are writing to encourage you to co-sponsor HR 2126, which would block the October 1, 2015 implementation date for ICD-10.
Physicians are overwhelmed with the prospect of the tremendous administrative and financial burdens of transitioning to ICD-10. ICD-10 consists of 68,000 codes -- a five-fold increase from the approximately 13,000 diagnosis codes currently in ICD-9. Implementation of ICD-10 will affect physician claims submission and most business processes within a physician's practice, including verifying patient eligibility, obtaining pre-authorization for services, documentation of the patient's visit, research activities, public health reporting, and quality reporting. As HIPAA-covered entities, physicians will be responsible for complying with this ICD-10 mandate, and therefore will bear the entire cost of such a transition. Furthermore, physicians face the prospect of significant disruption in claims processing and payment during the transition to ICD-10 and any physician who is unable to transition to ICD-10 by the implementation date simply will not get paid.
The American Medical Association, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and other medical specialty society groups strongly support HR 2126.
Updates
June 1, 2015
We just hit 250 signatures and the response from our local medical community is truly overwhelming. My colleagues and I are exhausted by these administrative burdens, so seeing this level of unity gives me real hope for our practices.
Reached 250 supporters
May 30, 2015
Reached 100 supporters
May 29, 2015
May 28, 2015
We are approaching one hundred signatures and the momentum here in El Paso is picking up. Please send this link to a colleague right now to help us break through this threshold.
80 Comments
Thanks for your help.We are overburden by regulations.With implementation of ICD-10 our condition will be much worse.I know several physicians that are thinking in an early retirement if the ICD-10 is implemented. Thanks again Boris Kaim
This will kill most solo and group practices of less than 3 MD's causing the disappearance of private and personal health care and allowing for forced intuitional (UMC like) healthcare for all. Not the nest care for grandma and grandpa
The implementation of government programs like this do not promote better patient care. It only ensures that we spend more time staring at a computer screen clicking buttons rather than addressing our patients' actual health concerns.
Although my electronic health records are ID 10 ready, insurance providers are not. We have been advised to keep 6 months worth of funds in anticipation of delays from insurance providers. Not acceptable!
Beto, the implementation of ICD-10 will truly bring about disruption of medical care to our medical practice. Much less time will be spent on patient care and instead this time will be placed on executing countless hours of bureaucratic documentation to ensure payment. It's a lose ,lose situation for both the patient and the doctor.
The U.S. is the only country that will have to use ICD-10 for billing & payment purposes. This will have a grave impact on medical practices in the US and orthopedics in particular (many of the new/additional codes areal with musculoskeletal conditions or injuries).
Please co-sponsor HR 2126 and support survival of meaningful and quality health care in our country.
Thank you for your continued support.
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Thanks for your help.We are overburden by regulations.With implementation of ICD-10 our condition will be much worse.I know several physicians that are thinking in an early retirement if the ICD-10 is implemented. Thanks again Boris Kaim