Month: March 2021

Get a Peek at Future ICD-10 Codes

Get a Peek at Future ICD-10 Codes

  An ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee virtual meeting is scheduled for March 9–10, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics (CDC NCHS) have posted tentative agendas on their websites. Stakeholders will present on a […]
CMS Moves to Streamline Coverage and Reimbursement for COVID Testing and Vaccination

CMS Moves to Streamline Coverage and Reimbursement for COVID Testing and Vaccination

Federal officials are ordering plans and insurers to cover testing without cost-sharing – for virtually any purpose. Federal officials have issued new guidance intended to streamline the process through which Americans can get easy, free access to COVID-19 diagnostic testing and/or vaccinations. “This guidance makes clear that private group health plans and issuers generally cannot […]