Mike Hodgson is the executive vice president of healthcare products and partnerships for Career Step, a Provo, Utah-based company that provides online education and training solutions. At the 2013 ...

Think the transition to ICD-10 is just learning a bunch (a real big bunch) of new codes? Think again. A session held Monday during MGMA-ACMPE’s annual conference in San Antonio laid out the impact of ...

The ICD-10 transition will be a major project to manage. Many healthcare providers may see it as too major and complex. But across the country, ICD-10 collaboratives are helping healthcare ...

ICD-10, an international disease coding system, is mandated for adoption in the U.S. by Oct. 1, 2014, and will require health care organizations to switch from the soon-to-be outdated ICD-9. Srividya ...

In an interview, the section chief of hepatology at Rush University Medical Center discussed why the addition of the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification ...

A lot has been said about ICD-10 over the years, along the winding and surprise-packed road toward the looming Oct. 1, 2015, compliance date. But few have said much about the code set's parallels with ...

While preparing for ICD-10 should include actively protecting your organization's revenue stream, the new code set almost certainly will make some aspects of reimbursement easier, according to Pam ...

After three delays and much industry opposition, the United States’ healthcare industry transitioned Oct. 1 to ICD-10, catching up with the latest version of the international classification of ...

“There are no more delays and the system will go live Oct. 1. Let’s face it guys, we’ve delayed it several times, and it’s time to move on.” — CMS Administrator Marylin Tavenner. Delivering a keynote ...

Engaging in dual coding as the deadline to transition to ICD-10 moves closer to reality is not an optimal strategy, according to Walter Houlihan, director of health information management and clinical ...

MGMA-ACMPE President and CEO Susan Turney, MD, recently sent a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius with seven recommendations on how to proceed with the implementation of ICD-10.