WEDI opens another round of HIPAA 5010, ICD-10 surveys
Date: Jan 18, 2011 Looking to gauge progress the healthcare industry is making toward HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10, WEDI (Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange) started a pair of surveys, one focusing on each of the mandates.
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'Get Ready 5010' kicks off HIPAA Webinar series
Date: Jan 11, 2011 Dubbing itself a collaborative initiative supported by healthcare industry stakeholders, the group Get Ready 5010 on Tuesday plans to host the first in a three-episode Webinar about preparing for none other than HIPAA 5010.
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Strategies for handling historical ICD-9 data after ICD-10
Date: Dec 17, 2010 CMS has likened the compliance deadline for ICD-10 to the flip of a switch. Once October 1, 2013 comes, the new code sets will be mandatory and the predecessor no longer accepted. But that doesn't mean healthcare organizations will be entirely free of all those ICD-9 codes. Instead, they'll face the new challenge of living with historical data, in which health entities will need both code sets simultaneously for analytic and reporting purposes.
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HIMSS starts HIPAA 5010, ICD-10 survey
Date: Dec 01, 2010 HIMSS on Tuesday opened the third instance of a survey that examines healthcare entities' varying degrees of preparation for the imminent HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 conversions.
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WEDI, NCHICA revamp ICD-10 timeline
Date: Nov 29, 2010 What with many healthcare entities already so far behind on both HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 implementations as to render industry timelines almost worthless, WEDI and NCHICA reworked their recommendation.
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WEDI shares details of next HIPAA 5010, ICD-10 implementation forum
Date: Nov 17, 2010 WEDI (Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange) has posted the schedule for its next event, slated to take place near the end of January.
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How many billions will ICD-10 cost the healthcare industry?
Date: Oct 28, 2010 Exactly how much the conversion to ICD-10 will cost is a rather enigmatic sum, though a few folks have tried to predict it. The latest such estimate came from AHIP.
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60 percent of health org's uncertain about meeting HIPAA 5010 Level 1 deadline
Date: Jul 26, 2010 Now fewer than 6 months away, January 1, 2011 is a critical milestone on the avenues to HIPAA 5010 and, subsequently, ICD-10. Whether healthcare organizations will actually achieve Level 1 compliance come the first of next year remains unclear – and that is not good news for the industry.
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WEDI opens ICD-10 survey
Date: Jun 23, 2010 The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange, aka WEDI, is working to update its data with a survey to gauge the healthcare industry's ICD-10 progress.
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What to do if your vendors are late with HIPAA 5010, ICD-10 updates
Date: Apr 19, 2010 Some software vendors have not yet issued HIPAA 5010 enhancements, let alone those for ICD-10. What's more, providers and payers should already be gearing up for internal testing of HIPAA 5010 and at least beginning the ICD-10 implementation phase. So without the upgrades, what are providers and payers to do?
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