May 16, 2012
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The Reston, Va.-based Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), a non-profit organization formed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) that focuses on the use of Health IT to improve the exchange of healthcare information, has responded to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the extension of the compliance date from October 1, 2013 to October 1, 2014. WEDI says any extension of time should be put to good use, allowing for more robust assessments, remediation and testing.
May 15, 2012
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According to a new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy, a dramatic increase in the fall death rate in older Americans is likely the effect of improved reporting quality, specifically from the 1999 update to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). The researchers say this suggests a major change in the way deaths were classified.
May 15, 2012 Jeff Smith, Assistant Director of Advocacy at CHIME
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The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) today submitted comments to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius regarding a notice of proposed rulemaking to postpone the compliance date for International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition diagnosis and procedure codes (ICD-10) to October 1, 2014. In its comments, CHIME urged HHS to remain committed to ICD-10, while calling the one year delay an appropriate “middle ground” for all stakeholders.
May 14, 2012
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The American Medical Association (AMA) has sent a letter to the acting administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Marilyn B. Tavenner, asking for a longer delay time period to the ICD-10 transition compliance date. While AMA says it welcomes the proposed extension in the compliance deadline for ICD-10 from Oct. 1, 2013 to Oct. 1, 2014, it urges CMS to further extend the ICD-10 deadline at a minimum to Oct. 1, 2015.
May 10, 2012
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In a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) about the ICD-10 compliance delay, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) said it continues to recommend there be no delay, but since one is likely, AHIMA stated that the association will continue to work with HHS and the healthcare industry to ensure the delay is as short as possible, preferably not more than one year.
May 9, 2012
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The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) recently submitted comments to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius regarding a notice of proposed rulemaking to postpone the compliance date for International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition diagnosis and procedure codes (ICD-10) one year to Oct. 1, 2014. CHIME urged HHS to remain committed to ICD-10, and called the one year delay an appropriate “middle ground” for all stakeholders.
May 3, 2012 Healthcare Informatics Editors
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The Center for Medicare and Medicaid’s (CMS) decision to delay the compliance date for the transition to the ICD-10 coding set by one year continues to reverberate throughout the industry. The topic was a popular one in the month of April for HCI readers, who continued to try and make sense of the delay and what it means for providers, payers, and all other impacted stakeholders.
April 23, 2012
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Orem, Utah-based research firm, KLAS has released a report indicating a majority of providers are planning to purchase an inpatient computer-assisted coding (CAC) solution within the next two years in order to assist with the ICD-10 transition. The authors of the report, Computer-Assisted Coding: A Glimpse at the Future of HIM Technology, say providers view CAC solutions as a way to help make up for some of the lost productivity and reimbursement that ICD-10 will create.
April 18, 2012 Jeff Smith, Assistant Director of Advocacy at CHIME
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This week, HHS released a proposed rule delaying the compliance date of ICD-10, for both diagnosis and procedure codes, from Oct. 1, 2013 to Oct. 1, 2014. In February, HHS announced that it would reconsider the timetable for ICD-10 implementation, and CHIME responded with a letter to HHS saying uncertainty about the timetable would create more problems than it would solve.
April 12, 2012 Jeff Smith, Assistant Director of Advocacy at CHIME
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A week following Supreme Court oral arguments over the Affordable Care Act, Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse wants people to focus attention on parts of the law unrelated to the “individual mandate.” Prepared for the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, Sen. Whitehouse release a report this week that highlights some of the delivery and payment reforms that have taken place since 2010.
April 10, 2012
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The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has made it clear that it’s not a huge supporter of the decision from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to delay the date in which organizations must transition to ICD-10. However, in light of HHS announcing a proposal for a one-year delay to the compliance date, AHIMA is recognizing the federal government for keeping the delay short, while encouraging organizations to remain focused on their implementation efforts.
April 9, 2012 Gabriel Perna
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed a new compliance date for the transition to ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases) code set, suggesting the date be set back one year from the original Oct. 1, 2013, to Oct. 1, 2014. In February, HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the delay, appeasing the concerns from many provider-based organizations, such as the American Medical Association (AMA). While many will still debate whether or not the ICD-10 compliance delay was necessary, for most providers, it’s time to accept the probability of a one-year delay.
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