Washington Debrief: CMS Plans to Link MU, Quality Data to Medicare Reimbursement

Healthcare Informatics: Key Takeaway: Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced their intentions to set Oct. 1, 2015, as the new deadline for transitioning to ICD-10. The agency also proposed hospitals payment updates for 2015 that are subject to Meaningful Use status and quality measure submission for the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program.

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