The American Medical Association continues to resist the ICD-10 implementation, arguing healthcare providers should wait until 2017 when ICD-11 is ready, according to EHR Intelligence.
The AMA insists the Oct. 1, 2014 ICD-10 implementation is only "increasing bureaucratic and financial burden on physicians."
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are responsible for determining the ICD-10 compliance date, which has already been pushed back one year after objections from practitioners. The AMA was not satisfied by the resolution and believes ICD-11 is a better use of physician and government resources.
The AMA says it's committed to "vigorously" opposing the implementation of ICD-10 and will release its own feasibility report on jumping directly to ICD-11 in June 2013.
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The AMA insists the Oct. 1, 2014 ICD-10 implementation is only "increasing bureaucratic and financial burden on physicians."
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are responsible for determining the ICD-10 compliance date, which has already been pushed back one year after objections from practitioners. The AMA was not satisfied by the resolution and believes ICD-11 is a better use of physician and government resources.
The AMA says it's committed to "vigorously" opposing the implementation of ICD-10 and will release its own feasibility report on jumping directly to ICD-11 in June 2013.
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