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Less than a year after its EHR system went down, Washington, D.C.-area health system MedStar Health has reportedly suffered a computer "virus" that has knocked out its system -- and the FBI is investigating.

Come March 27, physician providers in New York will be forced to cast any writing instruments aside -- at least when it comes to writing prescriptions.
Six years ago today, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) into law here's what Part B News wrote on March 23, 2010.

Coders got their first look March 22 at the 2,670 proposed ICD-10-CM code changes that take effect Oct. 1, 2016, which were issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a text file on its website. The final code changes will be posted on the CDC’s website later this year.

National Government Services (NGS) has fixed a problem with advance care planning codes (ACP) 99497 and 99498, so providers in their jurisdiction should see their wrongly denied claims resolved.

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