Pulse check: Are you on track for ICD-10?

by Ilene MacDonald, FierceHealthcare Healthcare organizations have only 15 months left to implement ICD-10 but study after study indicates that the code set conversion isn't on their radar. Hospital ICD-10 implementation efforts are either non-existent or still in their infancy, according to a recent analysis by the American Health Information Management Association. Physician practices are no better off: Only 4.8 percent of more than 1,200 responding practices indicated that they had made "significant" progress in their ICD-10 implementation efforts, according to a Medical Group Management Association study released in June. A June analysis on ICD-10 readiness found that 33 percent of the 500 physician practices surveyed have yet to even start the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10, according to Navicure, a medical claims clearinghouse for physician practices. Many of those surveyed complained they don't have enough time, staff or training resources to transition to the new code set. To learn more about ICD-10 readiness, read the full article at FierceHealthcare
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