Charlene Webber-Schuss, chief information officer at Community Hospital on California's Monterey Peninsula, faces two major problems in negotiating the gargantuan shift to ICD-10 coding, now less than a year away.…
Medical coders participating in an ICD-10 coding pilot produced accurate coding using the complex new system less than two-thirds of the time, according to a report by two healthcare IT…
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed switching wound care reimbursement from the current pay-for-service model, in which the treating physician bills the government based on the…
More bad news on the ICD-10 implementation front. The North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance (NCHICA) have conducted two rounds of end-to-end ICD-10 testing. How to describe the results?…
The vendor charged with processing paper applications for health insurance under the 2010 health care law got a big addition to its contract just days before the online exchanges opened…
Is there a glimmer of hope on the ICD-10 horizon? October’s preparedness survey conducted by Health Revenue Assurance Holdings (HRAA) seems to indicate that providers are making some progress towards…
In the past six months, hospitals have considerably increased their internal training efforts in preparation for the transition to ICD-10, according to a survey conducted by the consulting firm Health…
Before you know it, the ICD-10 go-live date of October 2014 will be here, and for those 55 percent of physicians who have yet to begin implementation, it's looking like…
The deadline for transitioning to the ICD-10 code sets is October 1, 2014, yet recent surveys have found that many medical groups have not conducted impact assessments, implemented needed technology…
By many accounts, large tech-savvy healthcare providers are thus far the most prepared for the ICD-10 conversion. So what can the rest learn from their ICD-10 headway? There are three…
CMS is moving forward with the switch to ICD-10 whether you're ready or not, and it won't test the system before putting your revenue at risk. That decision to go…
Come the first week of October next year, the number of codes to document, say, an angioplasty will go from one to 854. The number of pressure ulcer codes will…
Just as a recent ICD-10 readiness survey by Health Revenue Assurance Holdings (HRAA) has shown that a significant majority of hospitals has turned the corner when it comes to training…
In the midst of all the panic surrounding ICD-10 transition, it’s nice to find a story that puts the codification system into perspective and reminds providers why the switch is…
Here are the facts: Medicare is one of the largest insurance programs in the United States, and every year it helps insure more than 49 million seniors and other beneficiaries. And,…
As insurers prepare to switch to ICD-10, some are shifting their focus to coordinating with providers, particularly small to medium doctor offices, to ensure a smooth transition next year to…