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AMA pushes back on ICD-10
The American Medical Association (AMA) said this week that its delegates are working to stop implementation of ICD-10.
"The implementation of ICD-10 will create significant burdens on the practice of medicine with no direct benefit to individual patients' care," Peter W. Carmel, M.D., AMA president said in a prepared statement.
Citing a 2008 study, AMA explained that projected costs of converting to the unfunded code sets mandate will cost even a three-physician practice $84,000 and slightly more than $285,000 for a 10-physician group.
As part of its statement, AMA explained that it “will continue working to help physicians keep their focus where it should be — on their patients."

Read the full story at: http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/ama-pushes-back-icd-10
Sources: Health Finance News; American Medical Association
Varied Access: The Pharmacogenetic Testing Coverage Divide
February 18th 2025On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with the author of a study published in the February 2025 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® to uncover significant differences in coverage decisions for pharmacogenetic tests across major US health insurers.
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