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ICD-10| Impact of ICD-10 in Healthcare | Policy, News, Analysis, Insights - HIT Consultant

AHIMA, AHCA Partner to Train Skilled Nursing Facilities in ICD-10 Coding to Prepare for New Patient Driven Payment Model

by Jasmine Pennic 04/04/2019 Leave a Comment

AHIMA, AHCA Partner to Train Skilled Nursing Facilities in ICD-10 Coding to Prepare for New Patient Driven Payment Model

The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has announced a collaboration with the American Health Care Association (AHCA) to provide in-depth coding and clinical documentation improvement (CDI) training programs. The goal of the collaboration is to help professionals in skilled nursing facilities (SNF) prepare for the upcoming payment reimbursement change.New, Value-based Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) Beginning October 1, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
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AMA, UnitedHealthcare Develop ICD-10 Codes to Support Social Determinants of Health

by Fred Pennic 04/03/2019 Leave a Comment

Social determinants of health

UnitedHealthcare and the American Medical Association (AMA)  are teaming up to support using data for social determinants of health (SDOH) to improve and simplify how referrals are made to social services. The collaboration builds off work initiated by UnitedHealthcare to standardize how data is collected, processed and integrated regarding critical social and environmental factors that contribute to patient well-being. New ICD-10 related to Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Today, nearly 80%
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Report: 66% of Providers to Focus on Improving RCM in 2016

by Fred Pennic 01/25/2016 Leave a Comment

Providers to Focus on Improving RCM in 2016

With the ICD-10 transition in our rearview, 66% of providers plan to focus on improving their overall revenue cycle management processes in 2016, according to the post-ICD-10 implementation survey from Navicure. Fifteen percent indicated they would be working towards a value-based care model while another nine percent are updating and automating patient collections strategies. Navicure and Porter Research deployed the survey in December 2015 as the final wave of a research study designed to
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KPMG Survey: Only 11% Consider ICD-10 Transition A Failure

by HITC Staff 12/01/2015 Leave a Comment

Only 11 percent of healthcare organizations described the ICD-10 transition as a "failure to operate in an ICD-10 environment," according to KPMG LLP survey. The survey of 298 attendees of the Nov. 9 Webcast, ICD-10: Just the Beginning, found 80 percent of organizations said the ICD-10 transition has proceeded smoothly. 28 percent stated the ICD-10 transition has been smooth and another 51 percent found "a few technical issues, but overall successful."  "While there seems to be a fairly smooth
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10 ICD-10 Codes Doctors May Need this Thanksgiving

by HITC Staff 11/25/2015 Leave a Comment

ICD-10 Consortium

The updated ICD-10 coding system has brought clinicians very interesting (and, admittedly, slightly humorous) diagnostics entries. As the weather cools, the last leaves fall off the trees and tables get packed with food and family for Thanksgiving, it’s a good time to take a look at some of those codes that will have doctors and patients prepared (for anything) this year. The following infographic created by PatientKeeper compiles 10 Thanksgiving-themed ICD-10 codes that physicians’ should
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25 HIM Benchmarking Trends and Insights to Know

by Fred Pennic 10/28/2015 Leave a Comment

HIM Benchmakring Trends and Insights

As the healthcare industry embarks upon a post ICD-10 world, the landscape of health information management (HIM) is evolving. So how are HIM professionals responding to today’s current challenges such as ICD-10, coder productivity, Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI), Computer Assisted Coding (CAC) and outsourcing? To gather these insights, ADVANCE for Health Information Professionals and himagine solutions, Inc. recently published their inaugural 2015 Benchmark Report: The Landscape of
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Relay Health Financial Processes $25B Worth of ICD-10 Claims

by HITC Staff 10/19/2015 Leave a Comment

RelayHealth Financial ICD-10 Claims

Today, RelayHealth Financial released its ICD-10 claims volume numbers, and the results are impressive: $13 million claims worth more than $25 billion processed. With a rise in claims, the industry must focus on addressing the next hurdle: ensuring timely and correct reimbursement. To monitor those KPIs that are most likely impacted by ICD-10, many providers are monitoring ICD10Central.com. “From having our entire portfolio ready a full two years before the deadline to our comprehensive testing
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Frustrated Primary Care Doc Shares 9 Ways ICD-10 Impacted Patient Care

by Fred Pennic 10/09/2015 3 Comments

Frustrated Primary Care Doc Shares 9 Ways ICD-10 Impacted Patient Care

It’s been a full week since the ICD-10 compliance date took effect on 10/1. So how do doctors feel about patient care impact of ICD-10? SERMO, a social media network exclusively for doctors, asked members if the transition is taking their time away from patient care and the numbers overwhelmingly showed that it is. Out of nearly 200 members who responded to the poll, 86% stated it has impacted patient care while only 14% said it has not. Here are some more insights provided by some of the
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WEDI Extends Searchable ICD-10 Issue Reporting Database Post 10/1

by HITC Staff 10/05/2015 Leave a Comment

WEDI Releases ICD-10 Readiness Survey To Help Assess Industry's Progress Towards ICD-10

The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), a nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange, in partnership with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other industry associations and partners, announced its searchable ICD-10 Issue Reporting Database– originally launched in early 2014 as part of its ICD-10 Implementation Success Initiative – will continue operation after the transition to ICD-10. Through this
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Nuance Unveils Next-Gen Computer-Assisted Physician Documentation for ICD-10

by HITC Staff 09/28/2015 Leave a Comment

Today, Nuance Communications, Inc. has launched Dragon Medical Advisor, a next generation Computer-Assisted Physician Documentation (CAPD) solution that automatically provides real-time quality feedback to physicians while they are documenting patient encounters. This improves the completeness of clinical notes and helps provider organizations meet the impending ICD-10 requirements, justify medical necessity of care decisions, and support better patient care. Building on the work done in 2011
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