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New Partnership Enhances Coding Services and Ultimately Profitability

By Melody Smith|February 7th, 2012|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on New Partnership Enhances Coding Services and Ultimately Profitability

Health Endeavors has entered into a strategic partnership with Aviacode, a medical coding and compliance service. Health Endeavors offers a web-based compliance and management software portal that provides coding and clinical documentation audits, as well as answers coding questions and recommendations for reducing risk. This new partnership will add value by shortening the revenue cycle and increasing the efficiency for providers.

Risk of Coding Errors Just Grew Five Times

By Melody Smith|February 6th, 2012|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on Risk of Coding Errors Just Grew Five Times

If you are remotely connected to the healthcare field, the term ICD-10 is not a foreign one. Front office, back office, provider, biller – whatever role you play, you know about the transition to the ICD-10 coding classification. This upgrade is massive on any scale and the shift will bump the number of codes used to classify illness for reimbursement will multiply times five.

User-Friendly Terminology Can Help Reduce the Impact of ICD-10

By Melody Smith|February 2nd, 2012|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on User-Friendly Terminology Can Help Reduce the Impact of ICD-10

Health Language, Inc. has launched a new version of its terminology to include clinician friendly synonyms and more than 100,000 attributes for ICD-10-CM.

Prepare Your Staff for ICD-10 Change

By Melody Smith|January 31st, 2012|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on Prepare Your Staff for ICD-10 Change

The ICD-10 transition affects every person in your practice or organization. This isn’t a time to surprise them with details.

More Software Accommodating ICD-10

By Melody Smith|January 30th, 2012|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on More Software Accommodating ICD-10

ChartWise Medical Systems’s flagship product now provides support for both the current ICD-9 and upcoming ICD-10 coding systems. The ICD-10 transition deadline is scheduled for October 2013 and becoming more and more the subject of much discussion in the healthcare technology industry.

Liferay Community Edition 6.1

By Melody Smith|January 27th, 2012|Autoindexing, News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Liferay Community Edition 6.1

Liferay Community Edition V6.1 has been released. It brings a significant list of new features, including some social activity applications, search improvements, some contextual relationship enhancing and user defined lists.

ICD-10 Training Available

By Melody Smith|January 26th, 2012|Autoindexing, indexing, News|1 Comment

The ICD-10 transition is underway in preparation for the October 2013 deadline. Many healthcare providers have begun the training process of the transition, which is very important.

Online Training Offered for ICD-10 Transition

By Melody Smith|January 24th, 2012|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on Online Training Offered for ICD-10 Transition

HCPro, Inc. will be bringing together leading industry experts on coding and ICD-10 for three days of presentations and discussion, from February 29-March 2nd, 2012. The JustCoding Virtual Summit: ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS is an online event and features two educational tracks: one for HIM Directors and Coding Supervisors, and one for Inpatient and Outpatient Coders.

The Perfect Storm

By Melody Smith|January 23rd, 2012|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on The Perfect Storm

One blogger compared the impending ICD-10 coding classification transition to the movie, The Perfect Storm. As challenging as the process is, I don’t know that it will be as tragic and dramatic as that. It will, however, be one of the most important milestones in healthcare technology.

User Friendly Software Simplifies ICD-10 Terminology

By Melody Smith|January 19th, 2012|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on User Friendly Software Simplifies ICD-10 Terminology

Health Language, Inc has launched a new version of its provider friendly terminology (PFT) to include clinician friendly synonyms and more than 100,000 attributes for ICD-10-CM.