ICD-10

AHIMA, AHA Connect ICD-10, Clinical Documentation Improvement with Better Care

By John DeGaspari for Healthcare Informatics Two healthcare leaders share strategies for clinical documentation improvement at AHIMA CDI Summit There is significant value in Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) in and of itself, according to Sue Bowman, senior director, coding policy and compliance at the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and Nelly Leon-Chisen, director of…

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Is Upcoding a Problem? Not Quite Say Researchers

By Gabriel Perna for healthcare-informatics.com Last December, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) painted an ugly picture of fraudulent use of electronic health records (EHRs) by hospitals and healthcare provider settings. HHS OIG said that a good chunk of provider organizations they studied were not protecting patient data from potential misuse…

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10 Disruptive Forces in Healthcare

By Shideh Sedgh Bina for Becker’s Hospital Review Through extensive research into the thought-leading literature on the industry, as well as interviews with executives, physicians, policy makers and other stakeholders at the heart of the matter, Insigniam has distinguished ten disruptive forces in healthcare, which healthcare leaders will need to address in their strategies if…

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5 Ways to Capitalize on the ICD-10 Delay

By Gabriel Perna for Healthcare Informatics For many, the delay of the ICD-10 transition will require major revisions to their implementation plan. For others, the changes will be minor. Some won’t change a thing. A recent webinar, hosted by the Weymouth, Mass.-based consulting firm, Beacon Partners, articulated this discrepancy while providing tips to providers that…

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The Gift of the ICD-10 Delay

A silver lining: a chance to re-energize efforts around broader strategic imperatives By Bonnie S. Cassidy, MPA, RHIA, FAHIMA, FHIMSS for Advance for Health Information Professionals While some are relieved, the majority of hospital organizations are frustrated with the continued delay of ICD-10 implementation, given all the time, energy and resources that have been devoted…

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5 Things to Know About the New ICD-10 Implementation Date

Carrie Pallardy for Beckersasc.com The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed the new deadline for the switch to ICD-10 as Oct. 1, 2015. Here are five things to know about the new implementation date and the healthcare industry’s response. 1. The law that derailed 2014 implementation. On March 31, the U.S. Senate passed the…

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Speaking of Union Hospital …

By Dave Baumgardner, Director of Information Management, Union Hospital, for Health Management Technology Speech technology improves productivity and reduces costs for community hospital. Union Hospital’s investments in digital dictation and transcription over the years have not only improved its documentation productivity and reduced costs, but have also helped prepare our hospital for the upcoming ICD-10…

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CAC & the Coder’s Transition

By Becky DeGrosky, Product Manager at TruCode & Chris Casto, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Dolbey for Advance for Health Information Professionals Computer-assisted coding and encoder technology are changing workflow for ICD-10 readiness. The medical coding career has not experienced a significant change event since the introduction of DRGs in 1984. For decades,…

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Poll shows frustration over ICD-10 delay

By: Bernie Monegain, Editor for HealthcareITNews.com The American Health Information Management Association’s 2014 ICD-10 and Computer Assisted Coding Summit April 22-23 in the nation’s capital featured the latest industry reaction to the ICD-10 delay. Summit participants had the chance to share opinions in a real-time poll conducted via text that addressed a variety of key…

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