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Accusoft Pegasus releases Barcode Xpress Mobile for Android™. Barcode Xpress will provide patient record indexing in apps built for medical professionals, allowing instant accessibility to patient medical information.
ICD-10 is Coming Our Way! Hooray! Hooray!
With all the talk of and worry about the impending shift to ICD-10 medical coding classifications in 2013, some people are looking for outlets in humor. This interesting and amusing topic was found on Government Health IT in their article, “What Dr. Seuss might have said about ICD-10.”
Healthcare is Key to Rallies
With all the talk of heathcare costs in the current form of healthcare, the talk of universal healthcare makes many fear it will rise to levels beyond our imagination. Those involved in the rally for Occupy Wall Street scare the same people for similar reasons.
Avoid the Chaos
Many healthcare professionals are worried that reimbursements will decline drastically after the ICD-10 implementation in 2013. Some are even comparing it to the mortage crisis.
Project Plans Are A Must
We have talked before about the deadline most healthcare providers are counting down to – October 1, 2013. This is the day that ICD-10 will be the new standard for coding and billing. Providers must be compliant or else. Else equals a dramatic impact on their cash flow and bottom line.
ICD-10 Compliance In Time
Verisk Health has expanded the DxCG Risk Solutions suite to include greater predictive power and reporting capabilities. Now the product is compliant with the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) system. This comes in time to meet the October 2013 deadline to switch from the ICD- 9 classification system to the new ICD-10-CM.
New Medical Coding Changes the Rules of the Playground
Few areas of healthcare are exempt from staring at a deadline that though two years away, isn’t feeling way too close for comfort. To prepare for the change from ICD-9 to ICD-10 providers aren't the only ones impacted by the coding switch. Vendors and payers are also feeling the crunch.
The Y2K of Healthcare
Many healthcare professionals are in scrambling mode to beat the October 2013 deadline to move from ICD-9 to ICD-10 medical coding system. This has an upside for the economy. Anthelio, a healthcare technology company based in Dallas, plans to hire 200 people in Michigan, mostly medical insurance billers and coders. If there is a state that needs an economical boost, Michigan would fit that bill.
Go With the ICD 10 Flow
During the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) conference in Salt Lake City this week, a World Health Organization (WHO) official urged health care organizations to move forward with the transition to ICD-10 code sets.