February 29, 2012 Gabriel Perna
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I can’t say they didn’t warn me. Leading up to HIMSS12, many people cautioned me about the craziness of HIMSS, how busy I’d be, how I’d hardly have a minute to breathe, etc. Even with these warnings and prior large conference coverage experience, I still found myself caught up in the whirlwind nature of the week-long conference.
February 27, 2012
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During the past 18 months or so, I have talked with many hospital CIOs and HIM professionals. I’ve been impressed with how so many organizations have accepted the transition to ICD-10, and have had plans to do so in place for some time. My impression is that hospitals are moving right along toward meeting the transition’s October 2013 deadline. And according to the surveys I’ve read, most feel they will make it. But now, CMS may move that deadline out, which has the potential to severely complicate training and implementation cycles. There was a lot of buzz about a delay at HIMSS last week, and that is the topic of my blog.
February 23, 2012 John DeGaspari
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In anticipation of the publications of the Stage 2 meaningful use rule tomorrow, CIOs and other health industry leaders expressed concerns over the timelines for ICD-10.
February 20, 2012 Gabriel Perna
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Most of the talk at the early portion of the ICD-10 pre-conference symposium at HIMSS12 in Las Vegas was about training, implementation, and vendor optimization. However, for a brief moment, the recent backlash from the Washington D.C.-based American Medical Association (AMA) on the ICD-10 implementation came up in discussion during a Q&A portion of the symposium.
February 17, 2012
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The Chicago-based Healthcare Information Management and System Society (HIMSS) has come out in favor of maintaining the original ICD-10 implementation deadline of Oct. 1, 2013. The industry association said it conducted provider-based research which suggests that most of the larger providers are taking the necessary steps to be ready for ICD-10 by CMS’ existing regulatory time frame.
February 16, 2012
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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen G. Sebelius has announced that U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will postpone the date by which certain health care entities have to comply with International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition diagnosis and procedure codes (ICD-10).
February 15, 2012
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In response to the recent announcement from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner that she would “reexamine” the ICD-10 implementation timeframe through a rulemaking process, the Chicago-based American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) encouraged the healthcare community to continue to prepare for the ICD-10 transition and not delay or suspend efforts to meet the ICD-10 current compliance deadline of Oct. 1, 2013.
February 14, 2012
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According to various media reports, Marilyn Tavenner, acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), told the attendees at an American Medical Association (AMA) conference that the agency is considering delaying the ICD-10 implementation.
February 2, 2012
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The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has released a new report to help providers address areas of risk involved in planning and implementing ICD-10. The new HIMSS G7 report, ICD-10 Transformation: Five Critical Risk Mitigation Strategies, is the second G7 advisory report focused on ICD-10, and comes as providers must deal with the approaching Oct. 1, 2013 conversion deadline.
February 1, 2012 Jennifer Prestigiacomo
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All CIOs and health information management (HIM) directors are hearing the clarion call for the ICD-10 transition that must occur on Oct. 1, 2013 and are starting to lay the groundwork now. Because the transfer to ICD-10 codes touches almost all departments of a healthcare organization, many are finding it difficult to assign ownership of this tremendous task. One such organization, the 450-bed East Jefferson General Hospital in New Orleans, sought to fix this problem with outside help from a consulting firm, Aspen Advisors (Pittsburgh, Pa.). With help, the organization was able to assess the impact of this transition and to work out an implementation strategy, roadmap for compliance, and funding requirements.
January 31, 2012
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Not long after a letter from the American Medical Association to the Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner (R-OH) came public, the Chicago-based American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) sent out a release urging the healthcare community to continue preparing for the transition to the ICD-10 classification system, warning that the U.S. Congress may not act on requests to stop ICD-10 implementation and let stakeholders design and adopt a new classification system to replace ICD-9-CM.
January 31, 2012 Jennifer Prestigiacomo
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CIOs and HIM directors are laying the groundwork for the ICD-10 transition that will occur on Oct. 1, 2013. These two departments will be joining other organizational leadership to perform critical risk assessments of what systems will be affected and extensive ICD-10 training programs for clinicians and coders, all the while overcoming common challenges including budget, bandwidth, and human resources. As many have asserted, the technical issues of the ICD-10 transition are not that great; it's the training of clinicians and coders that will be the significant obstacle.
