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.
April 9, 2012
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a proposed rule that the compliance date for ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases), originally slated for Oct. 1, 2013, would be delayed one year to Oct. 1, 2014. The original compliance date was delayed in February by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius after a push back from provider-based groups like the American Medical Association (AMA).
April 4, 2012 Gabriel Perna
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Controversy surrounds the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) decision to delay the date on which physicians and hospitals must transition to the ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases) code-set. Some, like the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), disagree with this decision vehemently. Others, say it was a needed move.
March 30, 2012
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The Washington D.C.-based activist organization, the American Medical Association (AMA) along with various state and national medical specialty societies, have sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expressing their concern with what they call “an onslaught of overlapping regulations that affect physicians.”
March 28, 2012 Jeff Smith, Assistant Director of Advocacy at CHIME
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The health IT community in Washington DC has been busy this week, quizzing each other on the possible ramifications of the Supreme Court case involving twenty-six states over provisions in the Affordable Care Act. Oral arguments began this week, and while the public at large will focus on the ACA’s “Individual Mandate provision” or “shared responsibility requirement,” the ACA includes a number of provisions dependent on, or related to, health IT.
March 28, 2012 Gabriel Perna
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The recent announcement by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that the compliance date for physicians and hospitals to transition to the ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases) coding system will be delayed, has left many in the healthcare industry in a state of limbo. Until CMS announces a new compliance date, or announces the original Oct. 1, 2013 date will be kept in place with a delayed enforcement scenario, healthcare providers, payers, and varying state and federal government entities are left with nothing but speculation.
March 22, 2012
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According to research from Kansas City-based Integrated Healthcare Strategies, a national healthcare consulting firm, more hospitals have begun to staff changes based on the ICD-10 transition. The research, the sixth variation of the firm’s Salary Increase, Incentive, and Benefit Updates Survey, states nearly 60 percent of the respondents reported that they anticipate some type of staffing change based on ICD-10.
March 20, 2012
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The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), a Reston, Va.-based coalition of health information technology users and developers, has announced the results of a survey that concludes most providers were not on track for the original ICD-10 compliance date of Oct. 2013. The results of the test come after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have announced that date will be moved back.
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