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So, the date of ICD-10 implementation has come and gone. What can you expect? What trends do you need to watch? What questions do you need to ask? Most practices saw October 1st come and go without much drama and that is because as of October 1, 2015, the revenue coming in the... Read More

Today is the day many healthcare professionals have been preparing for and dreading, the ICD-10 Deadline. It has been a long road for many and a short, fast, hectic road for many others. If you’ve been ignoring every piece of ICD-10 advice and guidance for the past three... Read More

I live in Texas and that means Blue Bell ice cream reigns as the best ice cream in town. Made locally in Brenham, Texas (about an hour from Houston) the ice cream is loved and touted the best all over the south. August 31, 2015 Blue Bell went back on the shelves after 4 months... Read More

What is your practice doing this week to prepare for ICD-10? October 1, 2015 will be here before we know it and preparedness for that event cannot be over-stated. This week and for several weeks to come, your practice would benefit from 3 steps of preparedness: Parallel coding –... Read More

On Tuesday April 14, 2015, the Senate passed the long-awaited permanent “doc fix,” previously passed by the House of Representatives, to repeal the Sustainable Growth Rate formula (SGR) and avert a 21 percent across-the-board cut in Medicare’s physician fees that was originally... Read More

ICD-10 Deadline – A Challenge of 2015 The new ICD-10 deadline comes as no surprise now that it was delayed several times. In July 2014, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) implemented the most recent delay and set a new date of Oct. 1, 2015, giving... Read More

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a rule finalizing Oct. 1, 2015 as the ICD-10 deadline for transition for health care providers, health plans, and health care clearinghouses. U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) weighed in... Read More

Organizations urge Congress to avoid further delays to ICD-10 deadline. A group of healthcare organizations has sent a letter to Congressional leaders urging them to make sure there are no further delays to ICD-10 implementation. The letter came from a group of 15 health-related... Read More

The ICD-10 deadline is not as far away as you may think. The conversion from ICD-9 has become the most urgent need in today’s healthcare community. And although all formats of healthcare media are promoting how to get ready for ICD-10, too many practices and hospitals are behind... Read More