CMS issued a statement yesterday that “HHS will initiate a process to postpone the date by which certain health care entities have to comply with International Classification of Diseases, 10th
ICD-10 has the potential to revolutionize the nation’s healthcare system and will provide many benefits to the healthcare industry. However, implementation will provide plenty of challenges. In HCIM and AXIOM
CMS announced a 90-day grace period for HIPAA 5010 compliance on Nov. 17, 2011. While CMS did not offer a deadline extension on the HIPAA 5010 compliance date of January 1,
Olympia-based Physicians of Southwest Washington (PSW) licensed the SymKey® for EZ-CAP® Professional and Hospital Claims modules for a three-year licensing period in August 2011, after a successful 30-day Risk Free
SymKey 2.0 for EZ-CAP 6.x has been available since February 2011 and is now available for all versions of EZ-CAP 6.x through 6.2.1. HCIM is continuing to develop and test
The Problem North American Medical Management of Illinois, Inc. (NAMM-IL) was recently impacted by a retroactive fee schedule change that involved processing over 300,000 claims on top of their current
NCHS and CMS have published General Equivalency Mappings (GEMs) as a translation reference between I-10 and I-9 diagnosis and procedure codes. These “one-to-one” mappings translate one I-10 code to either one I-9 code
While SymKey’s Batch Processing module allows you to create virtually limitless custom scenarios to modify or process claims, there are also several pre-programmed scenarios built into the SymKey® Professional and
HCIM has just raised the bar in healthcare payer consulting services with a groundbreaking Performance Assurance pledge. We pledge to deliver professional, competent, and affordable consulting services to the agreed-upon
Don’t lose sight of the ICD-10 deadline! October 1, 2013 is closer than you think… Did you know? You should have already completed ICD-10 impact assessment, risk analysis, and mitigation
Many people still believe that the new ICD-10 CM and PCS code set transition from ICD-9-CM will simply involve one-to-one mapping, but it will also require one-to-many general equivalency mappings
Over the span of my career, I have led or been involved in numerous system installations and conversions. It seems like each project involves an out of date or unsupported