ICD-10 Compliance Date October 1, 2015

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Get Ready Now: Assess How ICD-10 Will Affect Your Practice     With ICD-10 just a couple weeks away, now is the time to get ready. You can make sure your practice is prepared by following the ABCs of ICD-10: Assess how ICD-10 will affect your practice and make a plan Be sure your systems are ready Contact your vendors Continue reading ICD-10 Compliance Date October 1, 2015

Guidance Regarding ICD-10 Flexibilities

Clarifying Questions and Answers Related to the July 6, 2015 CMS/AMA Joint Announcement and Guidance Regarding ICD-10 Flexibilities     Question 1: When will the ICD-10 Ombudsman be in place? Answer 1: The Ombudsman will be in place by October 1, 2015. Question 2: Does the Guidance mean there is a delay in ICD-10 implementation? Answer 2: No. The CMS/AMA Continue reading Guidance Regarding ICD-10 Flexibilities

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Over 2,100 participants in performance period of Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative

CMS announces additional participants in pilot project to improve care and reduce costs for Medicare.   The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) today announced that over 2,100 acute care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, physician group practices, long-term care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, and home health agencies transitioned from a preparatory period to a risk-bearing implementation period in which Continue reading Over 2,100 participants in performance period of Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative

The University of Texas Health Science (Houston) Selected to participate in Health IT Grant Program

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More than $38 million awarded to improve coordinated health information sharing in communities across America As part of the Administration’s efforts to create an interoperable learning health system that achieves better care, smarter spending and healthier people, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced today twenty awardees for Continue reading The University of Texas Health Science (Houston) Selected to participate in Health IT Grant Program