In just a few months the new ICD-10 diagnostic codes will officially take effect, and physicians will be required to comply 100%, or risk not getting reimbursed. These changes to medical billing practices are expected to cause major disruptions to practices’ revenue flow. So, what are health care providers to do? How can physicians and Read more…
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ICD-10 Grace Period Approved – No Claim Denial Post October 1
In a surprise concession yesterday, CMS has agreed to a denial free grace period post-October 1, to make the ICD-10 transition easier for physicians. Following this announcement, American Medical Association (AMA) that had been lobbying for protection for Doctors rolling out New ICD-10 coding systems, has publicly withdrawn its demand for a delay to ICD-10. AMA Read more…
How to train for ICD-10 Codes?
Lately, I’ve come across a lot of Health IT vendors who are placating their clients by telling them to sit back, relax and let their EHR handle the ICD-10 transition. Though the right EHR will play a crucial role in your ICD-10 success, a topic we will touch upon in the coming few days, please Read more…
Managing Patient Documentation
ICD-10 is almost upon us, and an existing physician issue looks all set to take another huge blow. Yes, I’m talking about managing physician documentation in 2015 and beyond. Experts are anticipating a 15-20% increase in physician documentation time for most practices post October 1. However, there are some cost and time effective options that Read more…
ICD-TEN Act: What’s in it for you?
As expected, the buzz surrounding ICD-10 continues to grow as we move closer to the October 1, 2015 implementation deadline. Last week, Texas-based Republican Rep. Ted Poe, proposed the “Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2015” to block the replacement of ICD-9 with ICD-10. Now, another proposal, a more realistic and achievable one I must say, has been put Read more…
Ambulatory EHR Differentiation: CureMD’s interview with IntrepidNow
This past week, Intrepid Healthcare’s Editor-in-Chief Joe Lavelle caught up with CureMD’s Director of Business Development, Ian Walker, to talk about the core factors of Ambulatory EHRs. Meaningful Use, ICD-10, iPad EHRs, and tools for population health management were also discussed in the interview. Here’s the complete podcast: You can also access the interview at intrepidnow.com:
A Small Provider’s take on ICD-10
The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of, and should not be attributed to, CureMD Healthcare. Never have I paid so much attention to US politics like I did last month. I am still hoping against hope that ICD-10 is not coming. Don’t get me wrong, Read more…
Physicians’ Fears about ICD-10 are unfounded, CMS explains
Two recent updates: CMS has compiled a list of things you should know about ICD-10. They focus on how the transition is not as hard as it is being trumped up to be. CMS will run ICD-10 acknowledgment testing from June 1- 5, to give providers a chance to test their ICD-10 procedures before October. This will Read more…
SGR Repealed– What does that mean for you?
What a happy month April has been. First, CMS announced the simplification of the Meaningful Use program, and then, after 18 years of haggling over it, both Senate and Congress passed the SGR repeal Bill (signed into law by Obama yesterday). If you have been living under a rock and don’t know what the bill is about, Read more…
Road to ICD-10 FAQs
In CureMD’s Road to ICD-10 series we received a number of questions from our participants- so many in fact that we decided to address them in a separate blog post. Read on to find answers to all your ICD-10 related queries. Don’t see an answer to your question? Post it in our comments section below and we Read more…