ICD-10 & Coding
Health Language, Inc. (HLI), a maker of medical terminology management software, and HCL Technologies, a global IT services provider based in India, have joined forces to put HLI's Language Engine to work as part of HCL's end-to-end ICD-10 conversion solution.
The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee has confirmed that ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes will be frozen - but there's both good and bad news about that for provider and payers.
A-Life Medical, the San Diego-based computer-assisted coding company, is the newest firm to be brought into the Ingenix fold. The acquisition follows a strategic alliance formed between the two companies last year.
When selecting and planning implementation of an electronic health records (EHR) system, healthcare organizations of all sizes have much to consider - just don't overlook HIPAA 5010 or ICD-10 from the onset.
There will be no shortage of hot-button discussion topics at the 82nd annual convention and exhibition of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) in Orlando from Sept. 25-30.
While healthcare providers are making progress toward 5010 compliance, many are lagging behind the timeline set by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, according to results from the HIMSS 5010/ICD-10 Industry Readiness survey.
ICD-10 looks a bit beleaguered this week. That's after state insurance commissioners issued a proposal under which health insurers would not be permitted to consider ICD-10 within their medical-loss ratio (MLR) – and physician and hospital organizations backed the idea.
Y2K threatened power outages, food and water shortages, bank failures - all of which would render folks around the globe cold, hungry, thirsty, and without any way to get money to quell those. That catastrophe never happened, but ICD-10 has since been compared to Y2K, warranted or not.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded a $200 million contract to HP Enterprise Services for software applications related to Medicare Part B claims processing and the delivery of services to beneficiaries.
Here's a prophecy guaranteed to make healthcare CIOs and their staffs wake up in a midsummer night's cold-sweat: a triptych of regulations, when taken together, will require payers to transform almost all IT systems and architecture.