Accelerated Medical Practice Blog

Today the Secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Kathleen Sebelius, announced a proposed rule to delay the original ICD-10 compliance date from October 1, 2013 to October 1, 2014. You can download the entirety of the 200 paged “proposed rule” that intends to save the healthcare industry 4.6 billion dollars here. The initial decision to delay the original ICD-10 implementation date occurred as a result of increasing pressure by the medical community...

CMS administrator Marilyn Tavenner hinted at a delay in ICD-10 implementation when speaking to an AMA meeting on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. Rather vaguely, Tavenner said CMS would “reexamine the timing” of ICD-10 implementation. Two days later Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius removed all doubt when she stated that HHS “announces intent to delay ICD-10 compliance date.”  Undetermined Delay to ICD-10Unfortunately, no one in the industry knows how long this delay may last.  Tom Sullivan,...

As you prepare for the ICD-10 changeover on October 1, 2013, what will you do with your paper superbill?

There is a potentially exponential problem ahead: ICD-10. The cost for medical practices to implement the new coding requirements seems to be growing daily as new hurdles are uncovered. 

Rhonda Buckholz, vice president of ICD-10 training and education for the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC), addressed the American Academy of Otolaryngology (AAO) last week during the Annual Meeting and Expo in San Francisco. Ms. Buckholz explained that the forthcoming change from ICD-9 to ICD-10 will have a substantial impact on the entire practice.

The stages of Meaningful Use are moving targets.

With declining reimbursements physicians have to see more patients to make the same amount of money, but ICD-10 will be a barrier. 

The ICD-10 cut over is going to be disruptive on October 1, 2013.

Practices have 3 options if they want to continue using paper superbills after the ICD-10 changever.

Have you considered how ICD-10 will affect the paper superbill?