Start your preparations now for ICD-10
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On October 1, 2014 (the new proposed date) the U.S. will stop using ICD-9 and convert to ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS. All of healthcare must comply with this change. Learn more about ICD-10. |
News: Comment Period Still Open for Delay, Deadline is May 17
There is still time to submit a comment to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding the proposed delay of ICD-10. Read the fact sheet here on the delay. All comments are due to HHS no later than 5 p.m. ET on May 17. Comments can be submitted online or by regular mail:
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Department of Health and Human Services
Attention: CMS–0040–P
P.O. Box 8013
Baltimore, MD 21244–8013
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Your weekly ICD-10 tip
Visit Us Each Week to See a New ICD-10 Tip
(5/14/2012) Create or find your comprehensive listing of vendors and software applications your practice or organization is currently using. This list will be crucial in determining the business partners you need to reach out to and engage in your ICD-10 implementation project.
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Assess your ICD-10 readiness here
Rate Your Organization's ICD-10 Readiness With This Assessment
As we begin 2012, you may wonder how your organization is doing with its ICD-10 implementation plans.
Go to our ICD-10 Readiness Tool to see how far you've progressed.
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View on-demand webinars on ICD-10
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ICD-10, It's Still Coming...Are You Prepared?: By John Behn, Senior Consultant and Laurie Daigle, Consultant of Stroudwater Associates. This presentation is a roadmap for the coming changes in the revenue cycle with the transition to ICD-10.
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Reaching Your Organizational Goals Through ICD-10: By Linda Corley, Compliance Officer of Xtend Healthcare. All the ICD-10 conversations thus far have been about coding revisions and the need for clinical documentation improvement, but what about organizational change?
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ICD-10-CM: Practical Planning, Part I: By Becky Stephenson, President/CEO of VersaClaim, Inc. This presentation is a manager’s guide to the implementation of ICD-10-CM and is suitable for healthcare organizations of any size.
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Quick links to resources
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ICD-10 Overview
Understand the background of this widespread change from ICD-9 to ICD-10; what is the CMS timeline for implementation; and learn about its impact on your organization. |
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Web Resources
Access links to the CMS website, tools to convert codes from ICD-9 to ICD-10, see a helpful HIMSS readiness survey, and much more. You can also find a list of helpful news sites to keep you up-to-date. |
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Discover our ICD-10 online education
BridgeFront's ICD-10 Preparedness Education is critical for all healthcare organizations. Our two-hour training is effective and engaging, and prepares all healthcare employees across your organization for the conversion to ICD-10.
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Our ICD-10 education is approved for 2.0 continuing education units for use in fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). |
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| These courses also have the prior approval of AAPC for 2.0 continuing education hours. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor. |
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To learn more, contact us at info@bridgefront.com or call (866) 447-2211. You can reach us by completing this form. |
