CMS ICD-10 Ombudsman and Coordination Center Available

I received the email below from CMS today, and thought I would share it with you.

CMS has established a coordination center and an ombudsman to help providers

 through this difficult transition to ICD-10. These are fantastic resources for providers,

so that they can resolve issues once they've exhausted their attempts to find the right

code for a situation.  It's reprinted below, and we hope you find it helpful.

Because of CMS formatting that I can't change, it does appear a little funny on our site, but the information is so useful, I hope you'll look past that.

News Updates | October 7, 2015

ICD-10 Ombudsman and ICD-10 Coordination Center Here to Support Your Transition Needs It’s important that you know help’s available if you have problems with ICD-10: ICThe ICD-10 Ombudsman, Dr. Bill Rogers, can be your impartial advocate You can contact the ICD-10 Coordination Center ICD-10 Ombudsman Dr. Rogers, a practicing emergency room physician, is known to many of you   already. Since 2002, he has been the Director of the Agency’s Physicians  Regulatory Issues Team, assisting physicians, other practitioners, and medical societies in identifying and simplifying Medicare policies and regulations. His role  as ombudsman will be to be a one-stop shop for you with questions and concerns  and to be your internal advocate inside CMS. ICD-10 Coordination Center The Coordination Center is a dedicated group of Medicare, Medicaid, and    information technology systems experts drawn from across CMS. They have  the full support of the entire CMS staff to address any issues quickly and   completely. First-Line ICD-10 Information and Support For general ICD-10 information, we have many resources on our                CMS ICD-10 website and Road to 10 webpage. Contact the MAC for Medicare claims questions. Your MAC                             is your first line for Medicare claims help. MACs cannot                                     respond to questions about Medicaid or Commercial health plans. If you have a Medicaid claim question contact your State Medicaid Agency. If you have a commercial or private health plan claim question               , please contact your health plan directly. Keep Up to Date on ICD-10 Visit the CMS ICD-10 website and Roadto10.org for the latest news and  resources, including the ICD-10 Quick Start Guide. Sign up for  CMS ICD-10 Email Updates and follow us on Twitter.