Country Doctor Sounds Off on ICD-10 - HDM Top Stories Article | Health Data Management
Joseph Goedert
NOV 24, 2014
A coalition of 15 stakeholders including technology associations, insurers, vendors, advocacy organizations and one delivery system recently sent a letter to congressional leaders opposing any further delays to the ICD-10 compliance date.
That the Coalition for ICD-10 lacks representation from physician groups did not get past Lloyd Van Winkle, M.D., a solo family doctor for nearly 30 years in rural Castroville, Texas. “I’ve been watching ICD-10 as it pushes forward and tries to come into my life,” he tells Health Data Management. “I’m concerned that it may be premature. I’m trying to keep my practice afloat and question if this is a valuable instrument.”
From Van Winkle’s perspective, the coalition is a group of organizations trying to make money off of ICD-10, particularly insurers who see the code set as an opportunity to further reduce payments. None of his payers, he adds, has reached out to test.
ICD-10, he contends, is another attempt to whittle away the livelihood of physicians, especially small family practices which are the front lines of medicine. “You take away another five or six percent of their bottom line and some of these doctors will go under.”
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