Obama demands you answer "Were you hit by a falling kayak"

[ShootSpeeders]

On top of everything else this is unconstitutional. The tenth amendment of the federal constitution says health care is entirely a state issue.

New Rule Creates Avalanche Of Paperwork For Doctors - Investors.com

03/04/2014

Were you hit by a falling kayak? Injured while baking, vacuuming or spending too much time in a deep freeze? Encountered a lamppost for the second time? Were you bitten by a turkey? Never fear, the ICD-10 is here.

Starting this October, your doctor will be required to record precisely whether you were bitten or struck by a parrot, macaw, chicken, turkey, or any "other psittacines," or encountered any one of 140,000 other specific medical conditions, injuries or diseases.

Medical providers who participate in Medicare, Medicaid and any other federal health program must follow highly detailed coding requirements to get paid — on top of trying to wade through the mounting complexities of ObamaCare.

For 30 years, the U.S. has used the ninth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9), but the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is requiring virtually all hospitals, laboratories and medical offices to convert to the more complex ICD-10 coding system on Oct. 1.

Physicians and hospitals were hoping that the avalanche of new coding requirements would be delayed, but the director of Medicare said last week they will go into effect as scheduled.

Dr. Susan Turner, president and CEO of Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), says the transition will be "one of the most complex and expensive changes our health care system has faced in decades."

The ICD-9 has about 17,000 codes, while the new ICD-10 will have more than 140,000. These cumbersome new administrative responsibilities will take away from the time doctors can spend with their patients.

 

[B. Kidd]

And to think our tax dollars pay for government management analysts to make this crap up for our central planners.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

Again we see that the federal govt can't do anything right. We must return to states rights - as the constitution demands.

 

[Sunshine]

On top of everything else this is unconstitutional. The tenth amendment of the federal constitution says health care is entirely a state issue.

New Rule Creates Avalanche Of Paperwork For Doctors - Investors.com

03/04/2014

Were you hit by a falling kayak? Injured while baking, vacuuming or spending too much time in a deep freeze? Encountered a lamppost for the second time? Were you bitten by a turkey? Never fear, the ICD-10 is here.

Starting this October, your doctor will be required to record precisely whether you were bitten or struck by a parrot, macaw, chicken, turkey, or any "other psittacines," or encountered any one of 140,000 other specific medical conditions, injuries or diseases.

Medical providers who participate in Medicare, Medicaid and any other federal health program must follow highly detailed coding requirements to get paid — on top of trying to wade through the mounting complexities of ObamaCare.

For 30 years, the U.S. has used the ninth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9), but the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is requiring virtually all hospitals, laboratories and medical offices to convert to the more complex ICD-10 coding system on Oct. 1.

Physicians and hospitals were hoping that the avalanche of new coding requirements would be delayed, but the director of Medicare said last week they will go into effect as scheduled.

Dr. Susan Turner, president and CEO of Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), says the transition will be "one of the most complex and expensive changes our health care system has faced in decades."

The ICD-9 has about 17,000 codes, while the new ICD-10 will have more than 140,000. These cumbersome new administrative responsibilities will take away from the time doctors can spend with their patients.

This has been around for decades. Every doctor doesn't provide every service in the ICD codes. If you notice when you go to the doctor, your check out sheet has the services he performs coded on the page along with the codes, and he just checks the box for the services he provided to you. It's not rocket science. And it's not new. It's just rich bastards whining and complaining to get the sympathy of the less fortunate.

 

[JakeStarkey]

"The tenth amendment of the federal constitution says health care is entirely a state issue."

No it doesn't. "Amendment 10 - Powers of the States and People: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

 

[JakeStarkey]

Again we see that the federal govt can't do anything right. We must return to states rights - as the constitution demands.

It demands nothing of the sort.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

"The tenth amendment of the federal constitution says health care is entirely a state issue."

No it doesn't. "Amendment 10 - Powers of the States and People: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

Yes, exactly, you moron. Health care is not among the listed powers of congress, so by the 10A it's a state matter.