After three delays and much industry opposition, the United States’ healthcare industry transitioned Oct. 1 to ICD-10, catching up with the latest version of the international classification of ...
Think the transition to ICD-10 is just learning a bunch (a real big bunch) of new codes? Think again. A session held Monday during MGMA-ACMPE’s annual conference in San Antonio laid out the impact of ...
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 influx of codes brought a lot of apprehension, and many providers were ...
Lacking the expertise in-house and the time and money to seek outside help, many physicians have procrastinated on ICD-10 preparations. This an opportunity for both physicians and health plans to ...
Rosalind Richmond, CCS, interim coding compliance officer for Genascis, Raemerie Jimenez, director of education for AAPC, and Cyndee Weston, CPC, CMC, CMRS, executive director of the American Medical ...
As insurance payers increasingly rely on automation and algorithm-driven claim reviews, emergency physician groups face growing financial risk. Instead of evaluating the full clinical picture, many ...
Rosalind Richmond, CCS, interim coding compliance officer for Genascis, Raemerie Jimenez, director of education for AAPC, and Cyndee Weston, CPC, CMC, CMRS, executive director of the American Medical ...