In a Physicians Practice article, Lucien W. Roberts, a Virginia-based consultant, lays out six questions for providers to ask their clearinghouses as they prepare for the ICD-10 transition. 1. Our ...

What do they really need to know to move to this “10” coding structure? What about the practice managers; what do they need to know and do? And when? Having designed several healthcare IT training ...

On Oct. 1, 2013, I marked the 12-month countdown to ICD-10 implementation by attempting to answer some basic questions. Now that more than six months have passed, and we have another deadline delay, ...

Here are 10 frequently asked questions about ICD-10, based on information from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. More information on ICD-10 from CMS can be accessed on the agency’s ...

Unless there is another delay, the United States will transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 in all health care settings on October 1, 2015. This will not be a gradual transition as there will be no grace ...

In June, MGMA released the results of a questionnaire that ranked members' most pressing practice-management challenges. In this edition of "Practice Makes Perfect," we'll tackle No. 6 on that list: ...

The October 1 deadline is really just the beginning. As ICD-10 coding gets underway in earnest next month, there will be plenty of questions that need answering for providers nationwide. AHIMA wants ...

Despite the recent news of a delay in the implantation date, ICD-10 remains a priority for healthcare, and those hospital executives who aren’t concerned about clinical coder productivity declines may ...

> Pharmaceutical supplier McKesson is increasingly moving into the health IT realm, and company CEO John Hammergren spoke with Fortune about that push, as well as challenges in the health technology ...

Medical practice executives are deeply worried about the anticipated cost, loss of productivity and clinical documentation changes for ICD-10 conversion, finds a new study from the Medical Group ...

Legend has it that there once was a boy who, on his way to school, noticed a small leak in a dike and, knowing he would be late for school, poked his finger in the hole until a passerby later saw him, ...