Last August, HHS issued a final rule that officially changed the ICD-10 compliance date for all hospitals and healthcare providers to Oct. 1, 2014, and providers may not have been the only group ...

It has never been clearer – physician practices must be able to code in ICD-10 to bill for services and procedures on and after Oct. 1, 2014 or they will likely see a cash flow interruption, ...

One of most exciting aspects of the HITECH Act is that it’s supposed to encourage portability of medical information across EHR software, hospitals, clinics and even state lines. Unfortunately, we’re ...

I don't mean to pick on healthcare IT vendors, but they're going to be in the hot seat in 2014, according to the results of a Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) ICD-10 survey. When asked ...

Medical practices need all vendors to be ICD-10 ready by the Oct. 1, 2014, deadline to ensure a complete and seamless transition, according to ICD-10 Watch. After getting these questions answered, ...

Health IT vendors and healthcare providers are far from ready to start using ICD-10, according to a recent study conducted by the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange and reported in Health IT ...