ICD-10 Resources and Updates for Transitioning
58 days until October 1, 2015 the new compliance date for providers, health plans, and health care clearinghouses to transition to ICD-10. Here is news and updates from CMS on ICD-10.
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HBMA 2015 Fall Annual Conference
The Healthcare Billing and Management Association (HBMA) is excited to present the 2015 Fall Annual Conference, September 10-12, 2015 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. This year’s conference features new and updated educational sessions along with the best networking opportunities in the healthcare revenue cycle management industry. We are proud to have GeBBS as our title Sponsor.
Information Governance – The Next Round’s on Me.
By Susan Clark – Master data management, data governance, compliance, health information management, and risk management walk into a bar…..Bartender says, “It’s about time you all came to the same watering hole. Now, how about a round of shots of information governance?” In fact, we are late to the party.
Latest List of Lists – Happy Anniversary Medicare!
Who doesn’t like a good list? Whether you are on it, know someone on it, or aspire to be on it, you always want to read the list. Here are some interesting lists I think deserve sharing.
Health IT Business News – July 29, 2015
Modernizing Medicine announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire gMed. The acquisition is expected to increase Modernizing Medicine’s gastroenterology market share and anticipates closing the transaction in Q3.
Latest News and Updates from ONC
The ONC is at the forefront of the administration’s health IT efforts and is a resource to the entire health system to support the adoption of health information technology and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care. Here is the latest they are reporting on.
Achieving the Promise of Health Information Technology
Will MU stage 3 rules be delayed? On Thursday, July 23, 2015 Senate HELP committee held a hearing on “Achieving the Promise of Health Information Technology: Information Blocking and Potential Solutions.” The committee continues with the fourth hearing on the subject to probe for answers on details and the scope of this problem.
HIE Rundown 7-24-15
This week’s rundown includes: Quality Health Network & eHealth Technologies joining forces, highlights from the Digital Health Summer Summit, Orion Health named a leader in IDC HIE, & NextGen Healthcare successfully connects to Mass HIway.
A Roadmap to Improving Health IT Safety
By Andrew Gettinger MD – As we focus on making our health care ecosystem interoperable and building a continually improving learning health system, we need to ensure health IT enables safe, high quality care. We also know that doctors, nurses, and other clinicians that are all part of the care team are frustrated by health IT systems that are not coordinated or optimized to their workflow.