CMS has developed an online ICD-10 implementation guide and released it at Health IT Week Sept. 16 to 20. The tool includes an overview of the new code set and transitional guidance for practices of ...

CMS extensively covers ICD-10 implementation testing scenarios in its “ICD-10 Implementation Guide for Small and Medium Practices,” according to an ICD-10 Watch report. Prior to testing, study your ...

On June 23, CMS sponsored an ICD-10 conference call for physician specialty group representatives. The CMS presentation included the following 12 steps for group practice ICD-10 implementation: 1.

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AAPC (www.aapc.com), the largest training and credentialing association for the business side of medicine, announces an ...

CMS is hosting a national provider conference call June 15, 2010 on "ICD-10 Implementation in a 5010 Environment.” The target audience for the call is medical coders, physician office staff, provider ...

Rosalind Richmond, CCS, interim coding compliance officer for Genascis, Raemerie Jimenez, director of education for AAPC, and Cyndee Weston, CPC, CMC, CMRS, executive director of the American Medical ...

ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD). It is a medical classification by the World Health Organization (WHO) and ...

Nearly half of U.S. healthcare providers have completed only 25 percent of less of their ICD-10 implementation process, according to a study by Aloft Group, an international brand strategy and ...

Sept. 21, 2011, CHICAGO - As this week's passing of the Fall Equinox heralds the transition from one season into the next, so too is the clock running out for health care organizations that have yet ...

On October 1, 2013, the entire US healthcare system will shift from ICD-9 to ICD-10. It will be one of the largest, most expensive and riskiest transitions that healthcare CIOs will experience in ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid have confirmed that, after a surprise delay in ICD-10 implementation, October 1, 2015 will be the new deadline for the medical codes to be put in place. Some ...

With a public insurance option hanging over their heads and a sputtering employer-based market, health insurers are rightfully concerned about their future. But there is another issue slated for 2013 ...