The Size of the Challenge

The US was one of the first countries to adapt ICD 9 codes for medical billing and claims. So you would think the ICD 10 coding classification transition would be something providers wouldn’t necessarily fear. However, it is far more comprehensive than its predecessor.

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ICD-10 Deadline Made Final

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced the final decision on a rule that will delay the deadline for healthcare providers to implement the ICD-10 medical coding system by one year. We have been reporting on this project and talking about its challenges and benefits for quite some time. Most people thought this decision was already made so few are surprised by this announcement.

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1940 Census Indexing Completed

All 50 states of the 1940 Census Community Project have been indexed and uploaded to the FamilySearch.org web site. The last five states were Massachusetts, New Jersey, Michigan, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Indexes for Guam, Panama Canal, and the Virgin Islands have been posted as well. The last items on the project’s list, the territories of…

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Concerns Over Reimbursement Risks

There is a push from healthcare organization leaders for insight into what the potential reimbursement risks will be in t he new ICD-10 coding classification system. Providers are beginning to take a hard look at revenue impacts hidden within the ICD-10 conversion and what they will mean for healthcare.

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Data Harmony 3.8 Selected As a KMWorld 2012 Trend-Setting Product of the Year

Access Innovations, Inc., leaders in digital data organization and creators of the Data Harmony software suite, are proud to announce Data Harmony 3.8’s inclusion in the KMWorld 2012 list of Trend-Setting Products. KMWorld cited a number of new features, including the ability to integrate ThesaurusMaster with SharePoint 2010, enhanced multilingual capabilities, a Dynamic View mode that presents the taxonomy in an interactive tree format, and an easier-to-use administration module.

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India Digitizing Government Documents

Retired IAS officer V Balasubramaniam has been appointed as the court commissioner to oversee indexing, scanning and digitization of revenue records. This news from Bangledesh indicates some progression in this region to making public records easier to access.

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