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 ...

When I write about ICD-10 being part of a bigger picture, it's usually in the context of provider-payer reimbursement models. But there's a different way that ICD-10 implementation is going to force ...

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 ...

Whether a health plan wants to merely comply or become an innovator, the company needs to prepare now. The North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc., and The Workgroup ...

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Healthcare reform, new compliance regulations, and the move to outcomes-based payment are putting pressure on clinical documentation and coding processes at hospitals ...

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 American Medical Association (AMA) says it wants the ICD-10 implementation date delayed to Oct. 1, 2015. Executive vice president and CEO James Madara has sent a letter (48K PDF download) to the ...

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 ...

It’s been a while since CMS set a new “final” deadline for implementation of ICD-10—the greatly expanded medical coding system. So last Thursday CMS issued a new final rule setting October 1, 2015, as ...