Top 5 initiatives to make a successful ICD-10 transition
Date: Feb 06, 2013 If you're finally planning for the ICD-10 implementation, there are timelines and checklists to guide you. But sometimes you need to dig a little deeper to find advice that will help create a smoother ICD-10 transition.
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Why CAC can't solve all your ICD-10 problems
Date: Jan 22, 2013 Americans like to cure things. We're always looking for a pill or procedure to fix what ails us.
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Why you need to do more than convert ICD-10 codes
Date: Dec 19, 2012 The coming ICD-10 transition is about more than converting ICD-9 codes to ICD-10 codes. In many cases, this means changing workflow.
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Why you need metrics before you can boost medical coding productivity
Date: Sep 26, 2012 ICD-10 implementation has the potential to severely reduce medical coder productivity. This is being tied to greater specificity of ICD-10 codes and medical coder learning curves.
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How to get some help assessing ICD-10 financial risk
Date: Sep 21, 2012 The financial impact of ICD-10 implementation goes beyond paying for new software. The new medical codes could affect healthcare providers' revenue.
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The New Math of HIT: CDI + CAC = ROI
Date: Jul 20, 2012 While the first half of 2012 was dominated by HIPAA 5010 turmoil and the ICD-10 compliance debate, it may be the push for clinical documentation improvement (CDI) that has the most impact on healthcare IT.
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Why CAC could fail for many medical practices
Date: Jul 17, 2012 The unfortunate part of ICD-10 transition plans is that they are based upon what should work as opposed to what will work.
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Optum releases comprehensive CAC system
Date: Jul 16, 2012 Optum released a new medical coding system last week for hospitals.
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How much will ICD-10 implementation really cost?
Date: Jun 29, 2012 I just read an interesting item out of the HFMA conference in Las Vegas this week.
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Impact of ICD-10-CA on Canadian hospital discharge data
Date: Jun 11, 2012 There is a study of how how ICD-10-CA coding impacted hospital discharge data.
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