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If your practice is not ready to make the switch to the ICD-10 coding system on October 1, 2013, payments will stop for services provided after that date. Healthcare providers who are unprepared for the ICD-10 deadline will face cash-flow disruptions, billing backlogs, increased claim rejections and denials, as well as an expensive path to [...]

Medical practices scrambling to prepare for the HIPAA 5010 compliance deadline on January 1, 2012 can breathe a sigh of relief – they will get more time. With the year coming to a close and the deadline for 5010 fast approaching, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced it will not enforce [...]

The American Medical Association (AMA) concluded their most recent policy-making session with their delegates voting “to work vigorously to stop implementation of ICD-10.” The AMA’s opposition of ICD-10 (The International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision) is based on the potential disruption it will cause to healthcare providers.

The impending transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 diagnostic coding sets has healthcare providers concerned over the confusion that may result when they switch from roughly 18,000 codes to nearly 150,000. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is attempting to alleviate some of the anxiety for the October 2013 deadline by publishing a guide [...]