The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a national provider conference call on ''ICD-10 Implementation in a 5010 Environment'' on Tuesday, June 15, from noon to 2 p.m. EST. The conference call will be geared toward medical coders, physician office staff, provider billing staff, health records staff, vendors, ...

Remember those reading comprehension tests in middle school? You'd plow through a passage and then answer questions about the plot. Q: ''Why couldn't the Smiths leave for vacation?'' A: ''They couldn't find Buddy the dog.'' If only life could still be so simple. As adults, we're faced with form after form of archaic language and indecipherable ...