William Rogers, MD named ICD-10 ombudsman

William Rogers, MD, director of the Physicians Regulatory Issues Team at CMS, will act as ICD-10 ombudsman to the federal agency, acting CMS administrator Andy Slavitt announced Thursday. Rogers, a practicing physician at Georgetown University Hospital, will help address concerns from healthcare professionals after the new diagnostic codes go live on Oct. 1. He will work out of an ICD-10 coordination center in Baltimore that will be set up at the end of September, Slavitt said. Rogers can be reached at ICD10_ombudsman@CMS.HHS.gov.