Morning Headlines 2/10/15
CMS’s Efforts to Prepare for the New Version of the Disease and Procedure Codes
A GAO report finds that CMS is adequately prepared to migrate to ICD-10 coding in October 2015.
WellStar, Emory explore merger in Atlanta area
Emory University Healthcare is in discussions with WellStar Health System to merge, forming an 11-hospital integrated delivery network in the Atlanta area.
Medical Device Data Systems, Medical Image Storage Devices, and Medical Image Communications Devices
The FDA issued two final guidance documents on the regulatory stance it will take over mHealth apps and software systems that send and receive, but do not alter, medical data.
The $50 billion Rural Health payout is welcome. In context, it's less than the total cost of the F22 raptor…