As the ICD-10 medical coding system officially went live on October 1, all HIPAA covered healthcare settings are required to replace ICD-9-CM codes with ICD-10-CM codes on their claims (date of...
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CMS Proposes Significant Changes to Two-Midnight Rule for 2016
This July, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the 2016 Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program covering Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center...
Myocardial Infarctions – ICD-10 Medical Coding and Documentation
Myocardial infarction (MI) refers to heart attack, which occurs when a portion of the heart is deprived of oxygen as a result of the blockage of a coronary artery. The most common cause for this...
Physicians Getting Prepared for the New ICD-10 Medical Coding System
The ICD-10 medical coding is getting implemented today and implementation date is here and now there is no way of avoiding it. From today on physicians and hospitals across the country will have to...
How to Welcome ICD-10 Medical Coding
The long awaited ICD-10 Implementation has now arrived. The coding aspect of any practice is usually resource sapping, and that's because there is a significant amount of effort and attention to...
Physicians Not Yet Ready for the ICD-10 Transition, WEDI Survey Reveals
Last year, we discussed the October 2013 ICD-10 Readiness Survey by the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) and found that the healthcare industry was not prepared for ICD-10...
CMS Proposed Changes to 2016 Home Health Payment System
This July, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed changes to the home health prospective payment system (HHPPS) for the calendar year 2016, which will have a significant...
Google’s Patient-Doctor Video Chat Service to Promote Virtual Office Visits
Google appears to be testing a service that connects patients with doctors over a video chat, opening new possibilities for virtual office visits or e-visits. According to the Verge report, this...
Flawed EMR Workflow and the Risk Involved
Electronic health records (EHR/EMR) are touted for their efficiency and accuracy though they are not totally free of shortcomings. One of the most important considerations with regard to EMR is the...
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