Using ICD-10 to Gain Competitive Advantage
While at the WEDI conference in Austin, there has been some discussion about moving to the federally mandated ICD-10 code set not just for compliance, but for strategic advantage.
No World Borders to Present at Atlanta ICD-10 Conference
Atlanta conference February 18th will cover both the data interchange standard HIPAA X12 5010 and the companion medical claims coding standard ICD-10. Over 20 industry experts from leading health consulting and technology solutions firms will be participating.
Brown Win Robs Democrats of Vote for Health Bill, H.I.T. Work Continues
Scott Brown election slows Democrats, but work on the electronic data interchange standard HIPAA X12 5010 and companion medical coding standard ICD-10 will continue. Most health plans appear pleased with this news and it may free up IT budgets to accelerate electronic health care standards as these firms anticipate that their cost of doing business will not be as restricted or impacted by health reform legislation.
Slides from Recent Webinar on HIPAA 5010 posted
process, organizational readiness, and IT alignment with business are as important as the 4010a to 5010 gap analysis and system integration. Mike Arrigo slides
HIPAA 5010 Webinar Speakers Panel
On Monday, November 30th at 1pm ET Mike Arrigo, CEO of No World Borders, Inc. will be participating in a health care industry panel on health care, HIPAA 5010, electronic…
10/5/09 – Weekly Health Care Reform Update at the Federal and State Level
The Senate Finance Committee last week finished moving through dozens of amendments, paving the way for a vote on the finished bill sometime this week after the Congressional Budget Office provides a cost estimate.
9/28/09 – Weekly Health Care Reform Update at the Federal and State Level
Week of September 28, 2009 The Senate Finance Committee wasted no time last week in wading through a seemingly endless number of amendments to its proposed health care reform legislation…
09/24/09 Weekly compilation of health care reform developments in Washington, D.C. and state legislatures 9/24/09
While the proposals being considered by Congress to help reform the health care system could make significant strides in addressing health care access problems, many remain concerned that the proposals…
Process Owners & Social Productivity – Changing Corporate DNA
While these concepts can be applied to all industries (see Harvard Business Review Blog "Lessons from GE's Approach to Personal Productivity"), the daunting complexity of moving to new health care…
Weekly Health care Reform Developments at the Federal and State level
With Congress now recessed for the summer, much attention has shifted to the home front where many Senators and Representatives are conducting town hall meetings to gauge public opinion toward…
Weekly compilation of health care reform developments in Washington, D.C. and state legislatures
Week of August 3, 2009 The timetable for federal health care reform was delayed again. No vote on health care reform by the full Senate or House is possible before…
Rand Study Details Costs and Benefits of switching from ICD-9 to ICD-10 Medical Coding
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provides incentives to modernize health care, including the upgrade to a new medical coding standard, ICD-10. Despite both incentives and mandates, health insurance…