Sen. Tom Coburn (Oklahoma) has introduced in the U.S. Senate a version of the Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2013. This bill would block HHS from implementing the ICD-10-CM on October 1, 2014. This action follows the filing of a similar bill in the U.S. House by a Texas congressman.
Many of Dr. Coburn's physician colleagues in the U.S. Senate have signed on as co-sponsors of the bill.
They are correct. We should stop the switch.
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