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The number one recommendation is to know all of the touch points for data: how it comes in, how it's used, where it's stored and how it goes out.
They may be in the Big Easy, where the good times roll, but the people in charge of managing health data at hospitals across the country are focused on the hard work of realizing the most benefit they can from ICD-10.
The American Health Information Management Association has just released a subscription-based tool to help providers find the right ICD-10 code as the October 1 rollout nears.
Those who were ready before last year's postponement are expecting it to through as planned - and hope there is no further delay.
On August 27, CMS will broadcast a live conference call with Sue Bowman from the American Health Information Management Association and Nelly Leon-Chisen from the American Hospital Association, updating providers on the latest news regarding ICD-10 implementation and offering coding tips from both the AHA and AHIMA.
Rep. Ted Poe, R-TX, introduced H.R. 2126, a bill seeking to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from replacing ICD-9 with ICD-10 diagnostic coding vocabulary.
Another delay is unlikely but not unthinkable.
New evidence suggests physicians will see a positive financial change from the conversion and that individual patients will benefit.
Advocates are grilling healthcare providers over the prices they charge patients for electronic or printed medical records, claiming some fees may even go as far as to violate HIPAA rules.
Extending the ICD-10 transition another 12 months has been significant -- estimated in the millions.
