Monday, February 7, 2011

Medical Practices and Health Insurers Must Use New Federally Mandated Medical Codes, Which Bring Added Expense | CNSnews.com

Medical Practices and Health Insurers Must Use New Federally Mandated Medical Codes, Which Bring Added Expense | CNSnews.com: ("CNSNews.com) - U.S. health care providers and health plans have two years left to adopt a new federally mandated system of medical coding--the shorthand used to list what's wrong with a patient and how much that patient should be charged.

The new, vastly expanded coding system is intended to improve disease management, disease monitoring, and health care reimbursement."

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