“Among reaction to the American Medical Association’s vow to fight implementation of ICD-10, the American Health Information Management Association and Forbes magazine take decidedly different views.
AHIMA officials expressed disappointment in the AMA’s position. CEO Lynne Thomas Gordon said the industry must move its disease classification system toward international standards and align it with the meaningful use program and value-based reimbursement, which requires a more contemporary and detailed coding system.”
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Joseph Goedert, HDM Breaking News, 17 November 2011
