Patient matching moves into pilot mode
Patient matching and patient registration could soon get a boost. Organizations working on the Virtual Clipboard Initiative today released the design and specifications for its new pilot program. The...
View ArticleIndustry eyes calendar as ICD-10 countdown begins
Fifteen years after the Y2K panic, the healthcare industry is once again closely watching the calendar. Not since Jan. 1, 2000, have so many industry professionals had their eyes on a deadline as they...
View ArticleCMS appoints ICD-10 ombudsman
William Rogers, MD, director of the Physicians Regulatory Issues Team at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will act as ICD-10 ombudsman to the federal agency, acting CMS administrator...
View ArticleICD-10 coding questions? AHIMA will check your work
The October 1 deadline is really just the beginning. As ICD-10 coding gets underway in earnest next month, there will be plenty of questions that need answering for providers nationwide. AHIMA wants to...
View ArticleICD-10: Cedars Sinai's 4 tips for success
They may be in the Big Easy, where the good times roll, but the people in charge of managing health data at hospitals across the country are focused on the hard work of realizing the most benefit they...
View ArticleHospitals slapped with lawsuit for medical records overcharging
A group of individuals has slapped two D.C. hospitals with a class action lawsuit, alleging that their charges for requesting medical records -- ranging from $1,168 to $2,500 -- violate state and...
View ArticleAHIMA CEO on ICD-10: 'We are ready'
AHIMA CEO Lynne Thomas Gordon says she's confident the transition that begins Thursday will go off with few, if any, glitches. As she sees it, all of healthcare will be better for it. When ICD-10 was...
View ArticleAnalytics can mitigate ICD-10 downside
We spoke with Greg Krantz, director of provider solutions at MedeAnalytics, from the 2015 AHIMA Convention and Exhibit in New Orleans. The mood there on Wednesday was one of cautious optimism, laced...
View ArticleAHIMA takes on patient identifier
The need for healthcare systems to exchange patient information quickly, affordably and safely makes a national patient-matching program critical, say AHIMA leaders who made their case Wednesday before...
View ArticleHIMSS, AHIMA, IHE map data governance strategies
Seeking to better align health IT standards with health information management practices, three industry groups joined forces for a new report aimed at speeding standards-based interoperability.HIMSS,...
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