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• MGMA research indicates industry ICD-10 readiness lagging

  
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  Association calls on practice trading partners to release implementation plans MGMA research released yesterday suggests that the overall readiness of the industry to meet the Oct. 1, 2014, compliance date to adopt the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) continues to be slow. The ...
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• Physicians Balance Healthcare Reform Demands with Work Demands through Effective Billing

  
  Medical Billing Blog — Authority: 102
  Due to the new reforms brought on by the Obama administration, healthcare centres across US are soon likely to receive increased number of patients, handle increased number of administrative activities and hence require to spend increased amount of time on balancing work and reform pressures to be able to run a ...
  6 days ago

• ICD-10 conversion efforts slow for physician practices

  
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  Poor communication and coordination is causing physician practice ICD-10 readiness to lag, according to new research released today by the Medical Group Management Association. read more
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• Challenges Push Family Practitioners to Partner with Billing Specialists to Improve Revenue

  
  Medical Billing Blog — Authority: 102
  Despite the delay in implementation of 26.5 percent cut in Medicare family practitioners payment, AAFP continues to call on Congress for a repeal of the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. This is understandable because the deferment means a temporal relief for family practitioners and if SGR is around, given that ...
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• Expert: Industry Not Ready for SNOMED Criteria in Stage 2

  
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  “The complexities of clinical quality measures in the 2014 Edition of the electronic health records meaningful use program may outweigh potential benefits as the measures are beyond the ability of many EHR vendors and providers to comply with.That’s the view of Dave Delano, project director at Massachusetts ...
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• Transitioning to ICD-10 Code Sets

  
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  ICD-10 Code Sets Must be in Use Oct 1, 2014 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. The transition to ICD-10 is required for everyone covered by the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA). The change to ...
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• ICD-10 Cancellation Unlikely – Healthcare Industry Should Still Prepare

  
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  "At the same time, physicians should make preparations for the new code set to avoid disastrous results if ICD-10 is rolled out as planned. Those who arent ready by next years deadline will not receive payment for their services."We recommend that all HIPAA Covered Entities continue to prepare for ICD-10.
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• Healthcare Trends for 2013 Part One

  
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  A new classification scheme is being introduced in October 2013, known as the ICD-10. While this may seem like a long while away the transition needs to start now. All providers should ensure that their IT departments are working on the shift towards the ICD-10 to ensure everything is in place to avoid financial ...
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• ICD-10 diagnosis and ICD-10 procedure codes impact provider patient scheduling workflow

  
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  ICD-10 will impact scheduling workflow. If your current systems capture ICD-9 codes, your IT team will need to remediate and test scheduling systems. Ultimately, an ICD-10 Financial Risk Assessment, ICD-10 testing, and ICD-10 implementation plan should comprehend ICD-10 provider scheduling.
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• Why a great ICD-10 steering committee is so important

  
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  “You can order all your coding workbooks, schedule your physician lectures, hand out ICD-10 lollipops by the dozen, and nag your vendors until you’re blue in the face, but the chances of your hospital being fully prepared for ICD-10 without a strong project plan and central leadership are slim at best. The ICD-10 ...
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• ICD-10 Impacts Insurance Verification for Payors and Providers if Codes are Included in Workflow

  
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  ICD-10 transition has several impacts that many health plans and health care providers will not consider, unless they are doing a comprehensive assessment of all systems and processes. If ICD-9 diagnosis coding (ICD-9 CM) and ICD-9 procedure codes are included in the workflow.
  2 weeks ago

• ICD-10 implementation analysis paints a bleak picture

  
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  If a recent analysis by the American Health Information Management Association is any indication, hospital ICD-10 implementation efforts are either non-existent or still in their infancy. read more
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• Monthly Code Cracker: Creative Ways for Physicians to Prepare for ICD-10

  
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  Tune in to this monthly online coding column to learn from AHIMA’s coding experts about challenging areas and documentation opportunities for ICD-10-CM/PCS. This month, explore some fun ways to prepare for the transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS that don’t involve countless hours of mundane training. .
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• VIDEO: Technology and Transitioning the Workforce to ICD-10-CM/PCS

  
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  AHIMA Foundation Director William Rudman, PhD, RHIA, discusses why CAC and CDI yielded surprising results when the foundation and TrustHCS asked the industry to report on ICD-10 readiness. .
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• On Psychological Care In Managing Gender Dysphoria

  
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  This will be a somewhat lengthy post.  In part, because I find the space I am about to discuss multi-faceted, and the discussion around each facet of the conversation is non-trivial.  The involvement of mental health professionals in the process of Gender Transition (I will use the term "transition" from here on in) ...
  3 weeks ago

• Are You Ready for ICD-10?

  
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  We’ve been writing about ICD-10 for a long time now including the delay of ICD-10 . Based on the CMS comments at HIMSS, there will be no more delays in the implementation of ICD-10. Barring something crazy, ICD-10 will go into effect on October 1, 2014. The question is, are you ready? If you’re not ready or ...
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• WEDI ICD-10 State Collaborative Initiative Launched

  
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  New WEDI ICD-10 Initiative Looks at Reducing Time, Costs Associated with Compliance The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) is a non-profit organization established in 1991 by Health and Human Services (HHS). WEDI’s mission is to improve the use of health information technology and reduce healthcare ...
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• PRACTICE PROFITABILITY

  
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    QuantiaMD, an online medical education site recently did a survey on medical practice economics, as reported from HIT Consult   (Fred Pennic). Many medical practices operate on the edge of insolvency on a month to month basis. Predicting monthly income is a challenge dependent on timeliness of reimbursements, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Healthcare Coalition Responds to Anti-ICD-10 Bills

  
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  AHIMA and several other organizations have contacted Congressional leaders in the House and Senate urging their continued support for the current ICD-10-CM/PCS compliance date of October 1, 2014 in response to two bills that call for a halt in the implementation of the new code set. .
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• Paper Offers Strategies to Motivate Physicians to Embrace ICD-10 Training

  
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  Give physicians ample lead time, explain how the new system can improve patient care, break old coding habits, and appeal to doctors’ individual learning styles. These are among the strategies outlined in Navicure’s new white paper “Engaging Physicians in ICD-10: Strategies for Practice Administrators.” .
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