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CMS Prepares Providers for End of ICD-10 Coding Flexibilities

August 22, 2016 - Starting on October 1, CMS plans to thaw the freeze on ICD-10 implementation by adding more codes and allowing review contractors to deny claims based on level of specificity. To help healthcare providers prepare for updates to ICD-10 coding rules, CMS recently released several clarifying responses to commonly asked questions regarding the upcoming...


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AHIMA Reviews Top ICD-10 Implementation, Coding Challenges

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In the days leading up to the go-live of ICD-10 implementation, many healthcare providers feared that the new system would decrease productivity and cause more claim denials. However, in the eight...

Coding Productivity Fell by 14% After ICD-10 Implementation

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As the anniversary of ICD-10 implementation approaches, a survey from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Foundation has revealed that coding productivity and accuracy has...

How to Manage ICD-10 Implementation Updates, Maximize Revenue

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Just as most healthcare stakeholders reported that ICD-10 implementation ran smoother than expected, CMS will be releasing 5,500 new codes beginning in October. While it may sound like a large update to...

ICD-10 Implementation Ran Smoother than Originally Expected

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On May 9, the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), announced that the ICD-10 implementation process was moderately smooth because costs were mostly in line with expectations and testing...

Top 5 Facts to Know about MACRA Alternative Payment Models

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CMS recently proposed a rule that would put last year's MACRA's legislation into action. The proposal introduces several significant changes to the way providers will attest to quality...

AHIMA Proposes Revisions to New Group of ICD-10-PCS Codes

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Six months after the healthcare industry managed to make its initial transition to ICD-10 with few significant issues, CMS is planning to lift its freeze on the addition of new codes. Approximately 5000...

ICD-10 System Codes Will See New Updates by October 1

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The ICD-10 implementation deadline and postponements brought a variety of challenges to the healthcare field. One of those obstacles has been the constant ICD-10 system code freezes. However, on October...

CMS, CDC Add More than 5,000 Codes to ICD-10 Coding System

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Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention along with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced some major news for the ICD-10 coding system. The two organizations...

CMS Details How to Resolve ICD-10 Implementation Issues

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In the second update about ICD-10 implementation, CMS has released infographic and statement guidance on how to address issues and questions about IDC-10. The recent statement encourages providers to...

CMS Demonstrates How to Track ICD-10 Implementation Progress

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CMS has recently released an infographic urging healthcare providers to assess and analyze their ICD-10 progress by identifying key performance indicators (KPIs) and creating baselines for analysis for...

3 Key Steps to Continue ICD-10 Implementation Progress

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Now that the ICD-10 implementation has been deemed a relative success throughout the healthcare industry, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are focused on continuing the progress...

ICD-10 Claim Denial Rate Remains Low among Most Providers

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It seems that the ICD-10 implementation has not had a very negative effect on the ICD-10 claim denial rate, which hasn’t risen much since the October 1 deadline. For example, RelayHealth Financial,...

CMS Releases Post-ICD-10 Claims Denial Reimbursement Metrics

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Post-ICD-10 implementation claims denial is a top 2016 focus for healthcare organizations. According to last month’s ICD-10 survey from Porter Research and Navicure, healthcare organizations cite...

Revenue Cycle Management a Post-ICD-10 Implementation Focus

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Healthcare organizations are focused on strengthening revenue cycle management processes in a post-ICD-10 environment, according to Porter Research and Navicure’s national ICD-10-centered...

How Business Intelligence, CDI Focus Sharpens Revenue Cycle

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Celebrating success is generally much more fun than learning from failure. But the latter is sometimes more necessary. Eighty percent of nearly 300 healthcare providers surveyed last month said...

ICD-10 Grace Period News Leads 2015’s Top 5 Stories

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With December already halfway over and talk of holiday celebrations and New Year’s resolutions well underway, here is RevCycleIntelligence.com’s year-end top stories list. The International...

ICD-10 News the Landslide Leader in 2015’s Top 10 Stories

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Just as driving a car with your eyes permanently glued to the rearview mirror is not necessarily the most intelligent decision, catching a glimpse every now and then of your current whereabouts is...

Is It Too Soon to Gauge ICD-10’s Long-Term Coding Future?

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Regarding the future of revenue cycle management and ICD-10 implementation, is it merely too soon to tell what the long-term future of coding, laterality challenges, and documentation snafus holds? If...

Why ICD-10 Denial is an Easy Electronic Health Record Fix

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Did Electronic Health Records (EHRs) save the healthcare industry from massive post-ICD-10 implementation claims denial? The healthcare industry will not have a confident grasp about tangible payment...