In a recent “Talk Ten Tuesday” webinar sponsored by ICD10monitor, Peggy Hapner, manager of the health information management consulting division at MedLearn; Dee Lang, vice president of produce ...

Diagnosis coding is the forgotten stepchild in medical practices. Physician coding has focused on Current Procedural Terminology codes, which drives revenue when services are provided under a ...

In the weeks following the ICD-10 go-live on Oct. 1, many providers reported minimal to no disruptions. Now, however, after the new codes have been in place for seven months, a recent survey conducted ...

1. Ask outsourced coding vendors for documentation on ICD-10 transition plans. Many ASCs outsource their coding to third-party vendors, meaning surgery center leaders must speak to vendors about their ...

Office Ally announced today the development and availability of a new conversion tool that will help healthcare providers comply with new government regulations regarding how they document – or “code” ...

SALT LAKE CITY – As if upgrading the nation’s ICD-9 code set for diseases and treatment to ICD-10, with its many thousands more codes, were not enough of a challenge for health information managers at ...

At the AHIMA National Convention in Chicago, attendees had one eye on the Presidential election and one on the conference. Now that the election cycle is over, healthcare regulatory compliance ...

ICD-10 is here. No, really. That's the reality for thousands of healthcare practices, hospitals, laboratories, specialists and doc-in-the-box walk-up clinics. After years of planning, software ...

Perhaps this is to be taken as a sign that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will not, as some healthcare IT pros no doubt are still hoping, push back the compliance deadline for ...