Healthcare providers cannot rely on clearinghouses for ICD-10 implementation
Date: May 29, 2013 Clearinghouses can be a major help for healthcare providers that need help submitting medical claims to healthcare payers. And they may have a role in the ICD-10 transition.
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Apparently the HIPAA 5010 transition isn't over
Date: May 22, 2013 Remember the good old days of 2012 when we were worried about how to get through the HIPAA 5010 transition? It seems there are some lucky healthcare providers who get to relive those days.
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CMS offers HIPAA 5010 takeaways for ICD-10 transition planning
Date: Jan 04, 2013 Last year the HIPAA 5010 transition created some major delay
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Top 3 stories that shaped ICD-10 implementation in 2012
Date: Dec 26, 2012 There were a lot of announcements and events in 2012 that influenced the ICD-10-CM/PCS transition. But there were three major events that were key in shaping how and when we implement ICD-10 coding.
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How to celebrate your independence from 4010
Date: Jul 06, 2012 I started the week by declaring HIPAA 5010 compliance has arrived. That's based upon the fact that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has stopped extending the grace period for enforcing it.
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HIPAA 5010: We're finally in compliance
Date: Jul 02, 2012 Unless I missed an email, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) started enforcing the HIPAA 5010 standards yesterday. Which is weird since it was mandated since Jan. 1.
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Medical codes aren't the only change coming
Date: Jun 22, 2012 It's hard to focus on ICD-10 implementation without looking at the big picture.
And I'm defining the big picture as how healthcare organizations do business.
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How to address HIPAA 5010 edits by healthcare providers
Date: Jun 03, 2012 Last weekend, I got an e-mail from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) on "How to Avoid Common Version 5010 Claims Rejections."
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Senator prescribes hearings to cure ICD-10 implementation
Date: Jun 01, 2012 The politics of ICD-10 implementation has just gotten more interesting.
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Medical associations argue different points in the ICD-10 debate
Date: May 18, 2012 The American Medical Association (AMA) started a busy week for letter writing. They sort of make the case for a two-year delay of ICD-10 implementation in a comment letter that also calls for a cost benefit study, a search for an alternative for the ICD-10 code sets and a consensus. All those steps add up to never implementing ICD-10 coding.
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