Context4 Healthcare Will Release Short/Medium ICD-10-CM Descriptors on August 1st, 2010

Context4 Healthcare will release short and medium ICD-10-CM descriptors on August 1st, 2010. http://www.context4healthcare.com/pdf/ICD_10_abbreviation_data_sheet.pdf

Official - Physician Pay Cut Delayed Until June 1, 2010

President Obama signed into law the Continuing Extension Act of 2010, which delays the Medicare Physician fee cut till June 1, 2010. The law is retroactive to April 1, 2010. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has instructed Medicare contractors to begin processing claims being previously held by CMS.

Physician Pay Cut Pushed Back Till June 1, 2010

The Senate passed a legislation today that pushes back the Medicare Physician fee cuts till June 1, 2010. The House has previously passed another bill but will now have to vote on this legislation for it to be approved.