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By Gus Geraci, MD Gus Geraci, MD, is consulting chief medical officer for the Pennsylvania Medical Society. We all know how hard it is to recruit a physician these days.…
ICD-10 denials require attention
CARL NATALE APR 13, 2016 - 05:46 AM The U.S. healthcare system is not paralyzed by denial despite the ICD-10 implementation. Either the ICD-10 codes are not as burdensome as…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
