There is no doubt that the U.S. healthcare system will transition to ICD-10. Whether it happens in 2011, as proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), or at a later date, it is ...

1. Ask outsourced coding vendors for documentation on ICD-10 transition plans. Many ASCs outsource their coding to third-party vendors, meaning surgery center leaders must speak to vendors about their ...

In April, the HHS announced that it was delaying CMS’ implementation of ICD-10. Oct. 1, 2014 was no longer the “go live” date. The delay came as a surprise to many in the healthcare community.

As a supplement to the background information on this patent application, NewsRx correspondents also obtained the inventor’s summary information for this patent application: “In summary, the ...

Ambience Healthcare rolled out an ICD-10 clinical document integrity assistant for inpatient care, aiming to help hospitalists document more accurate clinical notes and reduce billing and coding ...

Daniel Siegel, MD, discusses a loophole he looks out for in ICD-10 coding and billing.

One of most exciting aspects of the HITECH Act is that it’s supposed to encourage portability of medical information across EHR software, hospitals, clinics and even state lines. Unfortunately, we’re ...

February 14, 2012 — In response to complaints from organized medicine, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will consider pushing back the deadline for physicians and other providers ...

The deadline for the new implementation of the ICD-10 codes in the United States is October 2013 but the question remains to be asked, “How many healthcare organizations will be ready?” ICD-10 is the ...

San Francisco-based Trans Pacific National Bank is offering physician practices with three to 10 doctors immediate credit lines to avoid any cash flow issues as the health care industry transitions to ...