There is no doubt that the U.S. healthcare system will transition to ICD-10. Whether it happens in 2011, as proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), or at a later date, it is ...

Oct. 1, the ICD-10 transition date, is causing a divide in the healthcare industry between those who are ready and welcoming the change and those who remain hesitant about the coding and billing ...

At the Becker’s Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 11, Deborah Grider, senior manager of revenue cycle at Blue and Co., discussed ICD-10 and what it means for healthcare organizations.

Providers need to put more of an emphasis on planning and organization when it comes to large implementation efforts such as ICD-10 and HIPAA 5010, researchers from Georgetown University and the ...

With ICD-10 about a month away, healthcare providers say 'bring it on' Less than six weeks from an oft-delayed deadline, health systems, hospitals, practices and payers finally seem ready.

At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 15, Christy A. May and Kathy Lindstrom of ProVation gave a presentation titled “Physician Engagement ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced yesterday that it would require the use of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10), set of diagnostic codes ...

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Most physician practices are now convinced that the ICD-10 transition will finally happen on Oct. 1, 2015. But just 21 percent say they're on track with their preparations for the switchover. That's ...

The news that someone slipped a provision into the Sustainable Growth Rate patch legislation that will once again delay the transition to ICD-10 is disappointing, and symptomatic of the seemingly ...

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