On July 31, 2014 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a rule finalizing October 1, 2015 as the new compliance date for health care providers, health plans, and health care clearinghouses to transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS.
Martin Luther King, Jr. received his doctorate degree on June 5,  1955.
Representative John Conyers introduced the first motion to make Dr. Kingâs birthday a federal holiday in 1968, just four days after Dr. Kingâs assassination in Memphis. It took another 11 years to the federal holiday to come up for a vote on the House of Representativeâs floor in 1979. Link: Five interesting facts about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.