Given that there is one more year to go, the majority of the healthcare organizations should be prepared and ready to accept ICD-10 codes. Payers face a major challenge in…
Follow these basic tips to ease the training for ICD-10 The world Health Organization had implemented the ICD-10 diagnostic coding system a long time back to replace ICD-9. The primary…
We all hope the question won’t be necessary, but the industry-wide climate of fear and dread that has surrounded ICD-10 demands an answer. What will you do if you or…
ICD-10 testing will be more complicated than sending medical claims to healthcare payers and asking, "How's that?" There are some best practices that can make or break your ICD-10 transition:…
In case you haven’t heard, the clock is ticking down to ICD-10, and as far as CMS is concerned, there won’t be a last minute cutting of the wires to…
Legend has it that there once was a boy who, on his way to school, noticed a small leak in a dike and, knowing he would be late for school,…
The ICD-10 compliance date is creeping closer and closer, and providers are still finding it challenging to plan and complete their transition preparations. EHRintelligence spoke to Jim Daley, Director of…
On October 1, 2014, the ICD-9 code sets used to report medical diagnoses and inpatient procedures will be replaced by ICD-10 code sets. This opens a door full of questions…
Healthcare is an enormously complex endeavor and it has gotten more complex than ever imagined with the advent of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). PPACA has put…
Healthcare providers may face disruptions in their payments even if they are on target to operate using ICD-10 codes on Oct. 1, 2014. Since providers will, and indeed need, to…
We are about 14 months away from the ICD-10 implementation deadline. Surveys report that healthcare providers are in various states of readiness. QualiTest Group surveyed more than 300 professionals about…
With the pressures being placed on healthcare organizations and providers — ranging from participation in the EHR Incentive Programs to compliance with ICD-10 — it’s easy for the former to…
If you think the issue of healthcare is already a big source of confusion, wait till medical providers try to divine the new diagnostic “codes” the government has prescribed to…
There are three major components to the ICD-10 transition: physicians and their documentation, payers and their claims processing, and the medical coders that bridge the two. While each group faces…
The cutoff for switching from the ICD-9 medical coding system to ICD-10 will remain Oct. 1, 2014, according to Farzad Mostashari, MD, the national coordinator for healthcare IT, who delivered…
With providers putting so much effort into the ICD-10 transition, it’s important to feel like they’ll be getting something back out of it, too. According to Linda Kloss, RHIA, former…