A key element of the data foundation of the United States' health care system will undergo a major transformation in 2014. So, what is the Big Deal on ICD-10? The buzz is that it is all troubling and ...

has launched , a comprehensive training program to help hospitals ensure physicians, coders and other staff who are affected by the new coding standard are fully prepared before the October 2014 ...

According to the U.S Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS), the U.S health care system is all set to adopt ICD 10 codes on October 1, 2014. This transition to ICD 10 is likely to impact ...

Developed by ICD-10 coding experts at Contexo Media, the comprehensive course library serves as a robust “roadmap”, taking students from the basics of ICD-10 to proficiency in a matter of hours, not ...

This week, healthcare organizations, subject to HIPAA compliance, must begin using ICD-10. “Organizations that are unprepared will face claim denials that will hurt their cash flow,” said John Olajide ...

The QuadraMed Corporation of Reston, Va., has launched the Quantum Coding Simulator, an ICD-10-compliant encoder training tool designed to help coders and students gain proficiency in using ICD-10-CM ...

Healthcare providers probably will want to outsource their ICD-10 training to Goldilocks. They don't want to start training medical coders too late or they won't be able to code medical claims ...

NueMD launched the ICD-10 Training Lab, an online tool that helps healthcare professionals get ready for the ICD-10 transition. 1. The tool has a robust code search as well as numerous training games.

Kathy DeVault, manager of professional practice resources at AHIMA, encourages practices to begin training coders and billers now on ICD-10 because of the amount of codes to learn, according to EHR ...

Earlier this month, President Barack Obama signed legislation that delays the transition to ICD-10 coding by at least one year. In the wake of that announcement, providers, health insurers and others ...

Obviously, this is giving people more practice in ICD-10, which means that on the transition date, hopefully, the impact will be considerably less, because they will have been coding in ICD-10 for ...