ICD-10 & Coding
There will be no delay for ICD-10 conversion. But when CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner announced Thursday at HIMSS14 that CMS would be flexible on hardship exemptions for meaningful use requirements, it provided some of the relief healthcare providers -- and the professional organizations that represent them -- have been seeking.
Robert Tagalicod, CMS Director of the Office of E-Health Standards and Services, recaps the substance of the ONC Town Hall at which he spoke during the HIMSS14 Annual Conference & Exhibition.
A CMIO predicts a blackout period, followed by stages of stability, before the real changes even kick in come October 2015. That's right: 2015.
Wouldn't it be advantageous to determine what opportunities ICD-10 will present and what risks can be mitigated today?
Some physicians may end up paying nearly three times more for ICD-10 implementation than had been predicted just five years ago, according to a new report from the American Medical Association.
Just eight months out from the ICD-10 compliance date, fewer than 10 percent of physician practices say they've made significant progress in their readiness for implementation, according to the Medical Group Management Association.
The Massachusetts Health Data Consortium is working with Edifecs to provide ICD-10 collaborative testing for many of the state's health plans and provider organizations. The MHDC's Collaborative Testing Program participants will have access to Edifecs' testing tools and team of experts.
When you walk the floor at the HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition, it's easy to be distracted by the largest booths from the big EHR and medical equipment providers.
As the new year gets off to a start, the latest findings for ICD-10 remain stark. With an October 1 deadline for conversion of the medical coding system from ICD-9 to ICD-10, some 80 percent of participants have not begun testing, and only about half have undergone the initial step of conducting an impact assessment, according to a recent survey.
By the way things look now, the healthcare industry is not on track to meet the ICD-10 compliance deadline of October 2014. In fact, providers have fallen even further behind with timeline milestones than they did back in February, according to new report findings. But it's not just providers. Vendors also have a long way to go.