CMS, AMA announce plans to help providers through ICD-10 conversion
Profile: Alex Delvecchio
After formerly questioning how the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is handling the upcoming ICD-10 conversion, the American Medical Association (AMA) announced it will work with CMS on programs and educational sessions to assist providers in switching over to ICD-10.
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ICD-10 codes elicit humor
Profile: Shaun Sutner
“Struck by Orca” is by no means the most obscure or unintentionally humorous entry in the voluminous catalog of new ICD-10 codes for medical conditions.
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Providers satisfied with internal ICD-10 preparation, eschew outside testing
Profile: Alex Delvecchio
Most healthcare professionals are confident enough in their organization's internal ICD-10 preparation that they haven't consulted with an outside source to measure their readiness prior to the Oct.1 coding changeover date. Less than a quarter of high-level healthcare pros that responded to a 0 Comments
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ICD-10 survey: Physician practice worries ‘a little too high for comfort’
Profile: Shaun Sutner
With ICD-10 nearly certainly on its way in October, attitudes toward the sometimes controversial new medical coding system among many providers in small and medium-sized physician...
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With a punch list in hand, CMS readies for ICD-10
Profile: Shaun Sutner
The march toward ICD-10 is on in earnest. Along with apparent solid congressional and industry support for ICD-10 after last year’s surprise...
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External testing stats stick out in ICD-10 preparedness survey
Profile: Alex Delvecchio
The ICD-10 deadline hasn't changed since a delay was signed into law more than a year ago. Just as the ICD-10 implementation date hasn't budged since...
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Healthcare spending, EHR market share divulged in survey
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ICD-10 and population health management are more than just buzzwords for healthcare providers in 2015. More healthcare systems are projected to invest in those two areas than in any others, according to a survey conducted by peer60. 0 Comments
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End-to-end ICD-10 testing mostly free of coding errors
Profile: Alex Delvecchio
Only 3% of ICD-10 claims submitted to CMS during a nine-day test were rejected. There were 661 providers, clearinghouses and billing agencies that participated and 1,400 were registered to test the...
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ICD-10 testing week numbers muddled by negative testing
Profile: Alex Delvecchio
Though they were part of a self-selected group that's likely ahead of the game in transitioning to ICD-10, the results of trial claims submitted by healthcare providers to CMS may brighten the industry's outlook on the viability of the coding update. CMS accepted more than three-quarters (76%) of...
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Article reports reduction to estimated cost of ICD-10 conversion
Profile: Alex Delvecchio
Providers that point to the potential financial burden the impending ICD-10 conversion could have on their practice as a reason to delay
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