ICD-10 Ombudsman and ICD-10 Coordination Center Here to Support Your Transition Needs

It’s important that you know help’s available if you have problems with ICD-10:

• The ICD-10 Ombudsman, Dr. Bill Rogers, can be your impartial advocate.  Dr. Rogers, a practicing emergency room physician, is known to many of you already. Since 2002, he has been the Director of the Agency’s Physicians Regulatory Issues Team, assisting physicians, other practitioners, and medical societies in identifying and simplifying Medicare policies and regulations. His role as ombudsman will be to be a one-stop shop for you with questions and concerns and to be your internal advocate inside CMS.
• You can contact the ICD-10 Coordination Center. The Coordination Center is a dedicated group of Medicare, Medicaid, and information technology systems experts drawn from across CMS. They have the full support of the entire CMS staff to address any issues quickly and completely.

Go to:  https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10/ICD10OmbudsmanandICD10CoordinationCenterICC.html

 

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