The switch from coding set ICD-9 to ICD-10 has the potential to improve hospitals’ revenue cycle efficiency, coding accuracy and ability to track data, but only if done right. Hospitals need to ...

Despite the rapidly approaching conversion date, recent surveys have shown many providers still have a lot of ground to cover before they’re prepared to take on ICD-10. Although transitioning to ...

When the clock ticks in a new month and the entire healthcare industry is thereby mandated to begin using the new ICD-10 code set, there will most likely be glitches here and there. But given the ...

The deadline for ICD-10 implementation is nearly two years away, and providers and payors need to communicate to help smooth the transition, according to The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Congress should enact legislation to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to evaluate transitioning to a single modern procedure coding system to eliminate excess costs and lower ...