The following article is written by Michael Orseno, revenue cycle director for Regent Surgical Health. ICD-10/5010 is rapidly approaching — is your facility ready? With less than six months to go ...

Implementation planning for ICD-10 should precede code set training because the planning process will take much longer, according to an AAPC report. Kim Reid, CPC, CPMA, CEMC, CPC-I, director of ...

Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles has been planning for the ICD-10 transition since April 2012. The hospital began ICD-10 implementation this month, a full year ahead of the compliance deadline, ...

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. The ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A fundamental change in how physicians provide, record and receive payment for services rendered – also known as medical coding – is coming to the healthcare industry on ...

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 ...

Among healthcare industry bodies that lobby, the American Medical Association (AMA) has few equals. Look no further than the new ICD-10 compliance date for evidence bearing out that assertion. The AMA ...

With the go-live date rapidly approaching, hospitals and health systems need to make ICD-10 a priority if they want to avoid costly surprises and setbacks. Despite the continued objections of some ...

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 ...

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 ...

What hasn't been said about the "surprise" decision by the Department of Health and Human Services to extend the existing Oct. 10, 2013, ICD-10 implementation deadline? Well how about this: Despite ...