EHR issues ICD-10 will become effective on October 1, 2014. Have you utilized the HBMA resources to begin training staff and clients? TIME IS RUNNING OUT. the stage 2 of meaningful use is any guide, practices and billing services need to monitor vendor progress as well as get on the schedule to meet the october 1, 2014 deadline. • do not be surprised to find out that your vendor plans to release their final icd-10 version a few months before october 1. • Plan for comprehensive testing of the new version. completely addressing the icd-10 codes will probably include changes to the ehr database and significant user interface changes. • develop and execute comprehensive testing of the interface between the ehr and practice management systems. • Plan training of staff and physicians to maintain the integrity (a hiPaa security requirement) of the patient records between the icd-9 and icd-10 relevant features. in the final analysis, the changes needed for icd-10 codes are not just a matter of presenting icd-10 codes in place of icd-9 codes for billing purposes. the icd-10 transition will require significant changes to ehr functionality in order to maintain the benefits of ehr systems using a dramatically different diagnostic coding strategy. Ron Sterling (800-967-3028, www.sterling-solutions.com) publishes the popular EHR Blog Avoid-EHR-Disasters.blogspot.com and authored the HIMSS Book of the Year award winning Keys to EMR/EHR Success. He is a nationally recognized thought leader on EHRs. © Sterling Solutions, 2013. HBMA Members Who Completed All CHBME Requirements COMPLIANCE ExECUTIVE Susan Chandler Twin Physician Services, Inc. Judson Neal Physicians Business Network, Inc. Kathy Cramer Professional Practice Resources Stanley Podolski III Advanced Medical Imaging Consultants, PC dorothy Henslee Millennia Information Systems, LLP Emily Osetek SourceNet Medical Billing Associates, LLC Robert Skeffington PMG, Inc. Lorraine Terrero MBMS Perioperative Services Terrie Avila MedAmerica Billing Services, Inc. Jack Weir, Jr. MedAccounts RCM COMPLIANCE PROFESSIONAL Robert Burleigh Brandywine Healthcare Services Jeanne Gilreath AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions, Inc. Clayton Fast Compass Billing Service Corporation Ruth Freeman Advanced Billing, Inc. the journal of the healthcare billing and management association 45
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