Last month, AHIMA received a letter from CMS confirming their commitment to the October 1, 2014 compliance date for ICD-10. This commitment was reinforced during last week’s HIMSS conference where Marilyn Tavenner, Acting CMS Administrator, communicated that ICD-10 would not be delayed further.
We are seeing industry associations such as AHIMA, HFMA and HIMSS now accelerating their efforts to prepare their members for the inevitable ICD-10 transition. ICD-10 readiness through industry collaboration and testing was a key agenda topic the last two weeks at both the HFMA Dixie Conference and the HIMSS Annual Conference.
During HIMSS, it was especially rewarding to see over 100 industry stakeholders get up for an early 7:30 a.m. meeting of the HIMSS/WEDI ICD-10 National Pilot Testing Task Force. This group has been working hard over the last few months pulling together health systems, physician groups, associations, clearinghouses, payers, vendors and consultants with the common goal of executing nationwide collaboration and end-to-end testing of ICD-10. Rex Health, Cleveland Clinic, Banner, BCBS, Wellpoint, AmeriHealth, 3M and AHIMA are a few of the participating organizations engaged to ensure end-to-end testing of ICD-10 can be accomplished and best practices identified over the next 12 months. Continue reading →
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