ICD-10 implementation hasn’t ruined healthcare yet

Carl Natale APR 8, 2016 - 05:58 AM There is a strong feeling that the ICD-10 transition has gone better than predicted. Not a lot of healthcare providers have come…

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ICD-10’s Impact to the Worker’s Compensation Industry

Written by Sherry Wilson and Tina Greene | Monday, 28 March 2016 04:00 A general assumption had been that states would be aligning their worker’s compensation regulations with the rest…

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New ICD-10 codes not likely to burden most providers

By Joseph Goedert- Published - March 24 2016, 2:58pm EDT The recent federal announcement that about 5,600 new ICD-10 codes will be added in October may have some provider organizations worried they’ll face…

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Thousands of new ICD-10 codes slated for October 2016 release

By Greg Slabodkin  Published  March 15 2016, 2:47pm EDT The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have given the green light to adding 3,651…

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How much is ICD-10 productivity hurting?

Carl Natale MAR 11, 2016 - 06:15 AM One of the major concerns about ICD-10 implementation was how hard it would hit medical coding productivity. There were fears that U.S.…

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ICD-10 transition still looking smooth

CARL NATALE MAR 2, 2016 - 06:15 AM We're getting more data but it's not any easier to assess how the ICD-10 transition is going. Take a look at a…

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ICD-10 Works, but Concerns Remain Over Audits, Productivity

By James Swann Feb. 24 — The switch to ICD-10 five months ago was uneventful, but concerns about provider productivity using the new codes and the threat of increased government…

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Will the ICD-10 transition continue smoothly once CMS demands more specificity?

February 22, 2016 | Carl Natale, Editor, ICD10Watch It's only a guess, but the ICD-10 transition doesn't look like it is taking down the U.S. healthcare system. So far, there…

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Why ICD-10 preparation did not end Oct. 1

by CARL NATALE FEB 16, 2016 - 07:44 PM Despite the "too-soon-to-tell" lens we're using to examine the effects of ICD-10 coding, I'm pretty sure the healthcare providers who invested…

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An ICD-10 crisis might still be coming — for some

Carl Natale -FEB 3, 2016 - 06:28 AM Guest post by John Kelly and Jay Sultan This past year the healthcare industry finally saw the long delayed transition to ICD-10…

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