Ready or not here ICD-10 comes

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With less than three months until the implementation of the long-awaited ICD-10, it appears many providers are still unprepared – particularly in the areas of testing and assessing the impact it will have on revenue. A new report published by AHIMA and the eHealth Initiative finds that while half of the respondents had completed test…

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CMS says ICD-10 testing successful: Are you prepared?

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is reporting that it successfully completed the first week of end-to-end testing of the soon-to-be-implemented ICD-10 coding. The testing, which took place between Jan. 26 and Feb. 3, included 661 participants with about 1,400 National Provider Identifiers registered. They were split equally between direct submitters and clearing houses/billing…

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GAO: CMS ready for ICD-10, but are you?

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There is good news for healthcare providers coming out of the Government Accountability Office: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is prepared for the switch to ICD-10 on Oct. 1, according to a newly released report. The 41-page report notes that CMS has undertaken “a number of efforts†to prepare for transition to the…

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