The 2015 General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs) and Reimbursement Mappings are now available on the 2015 ICD-10-CM and GEMs web page and 2015 ICD-10-PCS and GEMs web page. These mappings can be used to convert policies from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10 codes. The GEMs provide both forward (ICD-9-CM to ICD-10) and backward (ICD-10 to ICD-9-CM) mappings. For detailed …
Defense counsel made a motion in limine to preclude plaintiff from offering expert witness testimony based on the contention that plaintiff’s failure to disclose expert information was unreasonable. The trial court agreed, and that decision was upheld on appeal. The Third District reasoned that while C.C.P. §2034.300 did not mandate exclusion of plaintiff’s expert testimony because the defendant did not timely comply with the disclosure date, there is nothing in C.C.P. §2034.300 that would preclude the court from exercising its discretion to exclude the testimony based on the plaintiff’s “egregious violation” of the exchange requirements.
ICD-10 Compliance, recently set to start on October 1, 2014, has now been PUSHED BAC, by the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA) (Pub. L. No. 113-93), to October 1, 2015. The Act provides that the Secretary may not adopt ICD-10 prior to October 1, 2015. Accordingly, the U.S. Department of Health and …
