How to assess healthcare vendor readiness
March 28, 2013 | Carl Natale | ICD-10
Healthcare vendor readiness is about ensuring vendors can accommodate your ICD-10 needs. More
How to use HIMSS13 to propel your ICD-10 preparations
February 28, 2013 | Carl Natale | ICD-10
The HIMSS13 Annual Conference and Exhibition runs March 3-7 in New Orleans. It will be the place to get up to speed on the state of ICD-10 preparations. More
AMA claims it wants to delay ICD-10 implementation 2 years
May 17, 2012 | Carl Natale | ICD-10
The American Medical Association (AMA) says it wants the ICD-10 implementation date delayed to Oct. 1, 2015. More
Why clinical documentation improvement is so important to hospitals
April 04, 2012 | Carl Natale | Electronic Health Records, ICD-10
No matter what the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) decide to do with the ICD-10 implementation deadline, clinical documentation improvement (CDI) may become a survival tactic for hospitals. More
How to get the most out of your ICD-10 vendors
February 09, 2012 | Carl Natale | ICD-10
Even large hospitals with large healthcare information technology (HIT) departments will have to work with vendors to implement ICD-10 coding. More
Maybe meaningful use won't mean meaningful savings
December 06, 2011 | Carl Natale | Network Infrastructure, Financial/Revenue Cycle Management
HealthLeaders Media has one of the more interesting reports available. More
Checklist: 9 tasks that will get you ready for ICD-10 implementation
October 27, 2011 | Carl Natale | ICD-10
If you're trying to figure out how to start planning ICD-10 implementation, there are plenty of resources to help. More
EHRs: The cost of top-down decision making
September 29, 2011 | Carl Natale | Electronic Health Records, ICD-10
I'm going to break a bit out of my area to talk briefly about electronic health records (EHR). But there's a parallel with ICD-10 implementation. More
ICD-10-CA: What really went wrong in Canada
September 13, 2011 | Carl Natale | ICD-10
A benefit of being one of the very few countries in the world to not implement ICD-10 coding yet is that we can learn from how the other countries did it. Canada is one of those countries where we... More
Choosing Healthcare Vendors: 4 things healthcare providers and payers need to consider
September 08, 2011 | Carl Natale | ICD-10
There is no way you're going implement ICD-10 coding without spending money. More
Doctors & Documentation: How to get physicians on board with ICD-10 initiatives
August 25, 2011 | Carl Natale | ICD-10
ICD-10 implementation is a problem that affects how physicians will practice medicine. But just how to you persuade them that they need to get involved in the training and planning now? More
ICD-10 Implementation: How to anticipate what needs to change
July 18, 2011 | Carl Natale | ICD-10
Hopefully I have persuaded you that the change from ICD-9 codes to ICD-10 codes is big. But it may surprise you to learn it may be less intimidating than you think. More
Why 'No Pain, No Gain' applies to HIPAA 5010 & ICD-10 implementation
July 07, 2011 | Carl Natale | ICD-10
What's a post on HIPAA 5010 and/or ICD-10 implementation without pointing out the challenges and referencing an increase in efficiencies? More
ICD-10 Implementation: Getting your physicians on board
June 22, 2011 | Carl Natale | ICD-10
Are your physicians on board with your ICD-10 transition? Why should they be? Isn't that why they hired medical coders? More