ICD-10 news from FierceHealthIT
NewsIT 'super users' ease hospital culture change
The employment or internal training of IT "super users"--individuals who are ahead of the curve when it comes to technology use--is becoming a common practice at hospitals looking to change their IT Read more...
Patient-tracking database shows promise for emergency general surgery
A patient-tracking database geared toward emergency general surgery would improve patient outcomes and create a resource for studying outcomes, according to a study recently published in the Journal Read more...
Health IT sales growth predicted to rise only slightly in 2012
Despite rising investments by venture capital firms, the health IT field as a whole is poised for no more than 5 to 10 percent growth this year, financial analysts who attended a panel discussion Read more...
CIO: Approach ICD-10 with a positive attitude
In describing ICD-10 for a recent Hospitals & Health Networks commentary, Albert Oriol, chief information officer at Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, says that healthcare executives "only Read more...
MGMA protests 5010-related payment delays, demands government action
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) sent the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) a letter complaining that physician practices are having trouble getting paid because of Read more...
Survey: CMIOs paid less, not happy about it
Chief medical information officers earn, on average, between $200,000 and $300,000, according to CMIO magazine's 2012 Compensation Survey. But fewer CMIOs are making that rate now (43 percent) than Read more...
AHIMA to providers: Don't put brakes on ICD-10
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) warned healthcare providers not to slow down their transition to the ICD-10 diagnostic code set, despite the American Medical Read more...
Halamka outlines BIDMC's ICD-10 processes, shares resources
While Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CIO John Halamka, M.D., doesn't necessarily believe that ICD-10 is a worthwhile project--particularly because it is used for reimbursement instead of for Read more...
AMA lobbies for ICD-10 delay
The American Medical Association has sent a letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner asking his help in halting the implementation of the ICD-10 coding system, reported The Hill's Healthwatch and Read more...
Study: Urgency, organization lacking for providers in ICD-10 transition
Providers need to put more of an emphasis on planning and organization when it comes to large implementation efforts such as ICD-10 and HIPAA 5010, researchers from Georgetown University and the Read more...
| Press ReleasesHealthation Announces Comprehensive ICD-10 / HIPAA 5010 Compliance and Business Process Improvement InitiativeChicago, IL - September 27, 2010 - Healthation, a leading provider of payer administration systems, today announced a comprehensive ICD-10 and HIPAA 5010 initiative designed to help its healthcare Read more >> |
