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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ICD-10 follow-up: How is the healthcare system faring?

Beckers ACS Review- Written by Mary Rechtoris | February 01, 2016 With the implementation of ICD-10, the number of diagnostic codes increased from 13,000 ICD-9 codes to 68,000 ICD-10 codes. The…

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How is ICD-10 affecting claim denials?

ICD 10 WATCH CARL NATALE JAN 27, 2016 - 06:00 AM There are some mixed messages on how much claim denials have risen since Oct. 1. Some healthcare providers are reporting…

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Cigna temporarily banned from new Medicare plans

USA Today Nathan Bomey January 23, 2016 U.S. regulators have temporarily banned health insurer Cigna from offering certain Medicare plans to new patients after a probe uncovered issues with current…

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