ICD-10 Category
ICD-10 Monitor’s Talk Ten Tuesday broadcast this week included an interview with Anita Archer, CPC, who gave an overview of her 12 key steps to a successful ICD-10 transition. She noted that the delay of ICD-10 caused many providers to stop making implementation preparations. Ms. Archer went on to explain that many of these same providers are picking things back up again now, but preparations still need to be kept simple and timely. She advocated a “divide and conquer” approach, to have individual department managers determine what changes need to be made in their area, how much training is needed, etc.
“With coordinated effort… we can actually accomplish the goal and have our providers and practices ready for this new code set,” she said.
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May 15th, 2013
ICD-10 Monitor’s Talk Ten Tuesday broadcast this week included an interview with AAPC’s Vice President of ICD-10 Education and Training Rhonda Buckholtz, CPC, CPMA, CPC-I, CGSC, COBGC, CPEDC, CENTC, who explained how to avoid productivity issues after implementation.
“[Providers] really need to get moving now in order to get everything accomplished that they’re going to have to get done to get their claims paid once October 1 of 2014 comes around,” she said.
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May 1st, 2013
Knowing where to begin ICD-10 testing can be a challenge. AAPC’s ICD-10 Specialist Jackie Stack, BSHA, CPC, CPC-I, CEMC, CFPC, CIMC, CPEDC, CCP-P, recommends making a testing plan now in an article she recently published in Physicians Practice. Ms. Stack points out that significant time and resources will be needed to complete ICD-10 testing.
“Provider practices will want to test with many entities such as payers, practice management systems, billing companies, and clearinghouses,” she says. “There are many types of testing such as quality assurance, user acceptance, integration, regression, performance and end-to-end.”
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April 18th, 2013
ICD-10 Monitor’s Talk Ten Tuesday this week focused on AAPC’s National Conference in Orlando, FL. Multiple AAPC experts were interviewed, including two members of the National Advisory Board, Annie Boynton, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P, CPhT, and Stephen Spain, MD, FAAFP, CPC, along with AAPC’s Director of ICD-10 Development and Training Betty A. Hovey, BA, CPC, CPC-I, CPC-H, CPCD, CCS-P, PCS, CCP, CIC, RMC.
The speakers addressed ICD-10 implementation strategies and challenges from different industry viewpoints, including health plans, physicians, and legal/compliance elements.
This week’s broadcast also revealed the interesting results of the participant survey, asking attendees what internal aspect of ICD-10 is putting physicians most at-risk for implementation. An astounding 57 percent said “Education and Training” was the biggest physician concern.
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April 17th, 2013
ICD-10 Monitor’s Talk Ten Tuesday interviews this week included AAPC’s Vice President of ICD-10 Education and Training Rhonda Buckholtz, CPC, CPMA, CPC-I, CGSC, COBGC, CPEDC, CENTC, who discussed physician involvement in ICD-10 training.
“A lot of providers… know that they need to make the transition but they’re overwhelmed with where to start,” Ms. Buckholtz said. “We’ve just opened up our ICD-10 Implementation Tracker tool to the public… to help get these providers ready and give them a sense of where they can actually start on the implementation process.”
Maria Bounos, RN, CPC-H, was also interviewed in the podcast and noted the same concern, saying that a lack of physician cooperation was the primary obstacle to ICD-10 preparation.
“It could lead to one or two years of losses financially for an organization, post-implementation, if they’re not ready,” Ms. Bounos explained.
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April 3rd, 2013
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