The ICD-10 Deadline is Officially Delayed until Oct. 2014!
It’s official! The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that the ICD-10 compliance deadline will be delayed one year, from Oct. 1, 2013, to Oct. 1, 2014. While this announcement will likely be frustrating and potentially costly for those who were already on track for the Oct. 2013 deadline, the deadline delay […]
How Will ICD-10 Affect your Business?
CMS’ July 12, 2012 News Update on “Steps to Assess How the ICD-10 Transition will Affect your Organization” reinforces what HCIM and AXIOM explained in our “ICD-10’s Impact on your Business” webinar series: Even if the ICD-10 deadline is delayed, it’s still critical to continue with the implementation in order to not lose momentum and […]
HCIM Attends 2012 EZ-CAP UCON as Inaugural Platinum Sponsor
HCIM was MZI HealthCare’s first EZ-CAP User Conference (UCON) Platinum Sponsor at the April 30 – May 1, 2012 UCON in Newport Beach, Calif. HCIM was invited to present educational sessions on both 5010 and ICD-10 to the EZ-CAP client base. Both sessions were very well attended and led to lively discussions about recent CMS […]
HCIM Hosts 2012 Annual All Colleague Meeting in Louisville, KY
HCIM Colleagues from all over the U.S. assembled for the annual HCIM All Colleague Meeting (ACM) in Louisville, Kentucky on May 18-19, 2012. The meeting opened with guest speaker Marty Clarke’s presentation on “The Symphony of Collaboration,” which was both hilarious and thought-provoking. Both days of lively face-to-face meetings expounded on the principles of collaboration […]
HHS to Delay ICD-10 Compliance Deadline to Oct. 2014 upon Approval of Proposed Rule
In a much anticipated announcement, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced a proposed rule that will postpone the ICD-10 compliance deadline by one year, to Oct. 1, 2014. The new deadline will give payers and providers a little over two years to implement ICD-10. This is great news for the healthcare payers that were running behind […]
HIPAA 5010 Grace Period Extended Through June 30, 2012
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Office of E-Health Standards and Services (OESS) announced a second 3-month grace period for HIPAA ASC X12 Version 5010 and NCPDP Versions D.0 and 3.0 on March 15, 2012, effectively extending the deadline for enforcement action against HIPAA 5010 noncompliance through June 30, 2012. The previous 5010 grace […]
Don’t take your foot off the gas just yet
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 Edition diagnosis and procedure codes (ICD-10)” and also said that “HHS will announce a new compliance date moving forward.” This will certainly be a welcomed […]
ICD-10 Next Steps – Where do we go from here?
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 Systems’ summer 2011 ICD-10 Educational Webinar Series, we explained what ICD-10 entails, potential impacts for you to examine, and insights from others in the industry […]
About the CMS HIPAA 5010 Compliance Grace Period
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, 2012, they will not “initiate enforcement action” before March 31, 2012. What does this mean? It’s certainly not a free pass, but it does offer […]
Boost the Speed of EZ-CAP 6.x for Maximum SymKey 2.0 Efficiency
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 solutions to new EZ-CAP 6.x versions as they are released. While working with several EZ-CAP 6.x clients, some who are in production and others in […]
