How ICD-10’s Latest Delay Affects Students
"There are no more delays and the system will go live Oct. 1. Let's face it guys, we've delayed it several times, and it's time to move on." — CMS…
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May 27, 2014
What You Need To Know To Start Your ICD-10 Planning
Let's assume you're relieved that ICD-10 implementation has been extended a year because you haven't done anything about it yet. Improve ICD-9 coding Nope. That isn't a typo. By improving…
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May 20, 2014
CMS Foretells New ICD-10 Date, But Will It Ever Actually Happen?
In the conference room of a D.C.-area hotel, Rob Gibran rose from one of many round tables, waited in line, stepped up to a mic, and called for an impromptu…
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May 7, 2014
CMS Intentions For ICD-10 Draw Kudos
A new ICD-10 deadline is almost upon the healthcare industry. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said late Thursday it expects the Department of Health and Human Services to…
May 5, 2014
Unintended Consequences Of ICD-10 Delay
“I find it comical that credibility and date are in the same sentence,” Sid Hebert said, “since we’re going for our fourth” ICD-10 compliance deadline. Hebert, Humana’s ICD-10 program manager,…
May 1, 2014
Postponed Billing System Causes Pain For M.D.s
A delay in requiring all providers of medical care to use a new health-records and billing system to describe treatments is giving small medical offices major headaches. Billing is a…
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April 29, 2014
CMS: ICD-10 Announcement Coming ‘in the Near Future’
Like medical coders, billers, physicians, and others in practices nationwide, CMS was both surprised and disappointed that Congress delayed ICD-10 implementation, but it remains committed to the conversion and plans…
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April 25, 2014
ICD-10 and DSM-5: A Unique Teaching Curriculum
Much has been written about the pro’s and con’s of the ICD-10 delay. To date, CMS has yet to issue the new deadline, or provide guidelines for how organizations are…
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April 23, 2014
ICD-10 Delay: What’s Next For Healthcare Organizations?
Many of the complexities of medicine are distilled down to a vocabulary of diagnostic codes, called the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), which are used by doctors, insurers, and hospitals.…
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April 21, 2014
HRAA Responds to ICD-10 Delay
Health Revenue Assurance Holdings Inc. (otcqb:HRAA) ("HRAA") a leading provider of revenue integrity solutions for healthcare provider organizations, announced its response to the one year compliance deadline delay for converting…
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April 11, 2014
Why You Should Carry On With ICD-10 Implementation
It's understandable if healthcare providers consider ICD-10 implementation a lost cause. The latest delay shows how easy it is to derail a major healthcare policy initiative. So why bother? Terrance…
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April 8, 2014
Fact: ICD-10 Will Benefit Medical Coders More Than ICD-9
For the last so many decades, we’ve been using ICD-9. ICD-9, which stands for International Classification of Diseases, 9th edition is the system of codes used to classify every disease…
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April 7, 2014
Date of ICD-10 Switch Still Uncertain
Congress's move to delay by at least a year the switch to ICD-10 has thrown a monkey wrench into the many providers' plans for moving to the new coding system.…
April 3, 2014
AHIMA ICD-10 Exam Delay FAQs (effective April 1, 2014)
Due to the passing of the SGR law delaying ICD-10 implementation until Oct 1, 2015, AHIMA has revised it's testing criteria and dates. AAPC has not issued any statements regarding…
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April 2, 2014
Senate Approves One-Year SGR Patch, Delays ICD-10 Billing Codes
The US Senate voted Monday to approve a one-year temporary legislative patch to avoid looming 24% cuts to physician Medicare payments. The measure also delays the ICD-10 billing codes compliance…
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April 1, 2014
ICD-10: This just isn’t how the deal should go down
ICD-10 has been the butt of countless jokes during the last several months but none so surprising as the latest one-liner. Only this isn’t funny. Whether you’re on that chair…
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March 29, 2014
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