IIC Enacts Temporary Rule to Address Ambulatory Payment System Codes

Despite public discussions in May and efforts to create a long-term solution to a medical-coding problem, the Idaho Industrial Commission enacted a temporary rule on July 1 which would delay the implementation of codes established at the beginning of the year.  The commission discovered that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Comprehensive Ambulatory Payment Classification System had caused orthopedic reimbursements to rise significantly at hospitals. In response, the IIC enacted a temporary rule in January that would delay the C-APC’s implementation and sti...