Does training cost extra? How much time will training take? Who in this area is using your current system? Talking to vendors' existing clientele in your area about their experience with that vendor ...

Last August, HHS issued a final rule that officially changed the ICD-10 compliance date for all hospitals and healthcare providers to Oct. 1, 2014, and providers may not have been the only group ...

I don't mean to pick on healthcare IT vendors, but they're going to be in the hot seat in 2014, according to the results of a Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) ICD-10 survey. When asked ...

With ICD-10 only a few months away, practices need to ensure that their electronic health record (EHR) vendor is ready for the transition. Only 40% of vendors indicated that their ICD-10 product ...

ICD-10 has been a long time coming and, now that the deadline is closing in quickly, a steady stream of vendors are unveiling new products to help hospitals with the transition. Throughout August ...

Recruitment is being spearheaded by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange. They are looking for large payors to participate in initial ...

As healthcare practices transition to ICD-10, they may be talking to software vendors about installing a certified electronic health record system to qualify for EHR incentives, according to The ...

The healthcare industry may have two years longer than originally expected to complete the transition to ICD-10, but the 2013 effective date established by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ...

While the latest delay of ICD-10 has created some confusion, the CEO of AHIMA says providers, payers, and other stakeholders are doing what they can to prepare staff. Those that can afford it will try ...

> The American College of Radiology last month elected Albert Blumberg, M.D., to serve as its new president. Blumberg, vice chair of the department of radiation oncology at Greater Baltimore Medical ...

Healthcare providers need to switch to HIPAA 5010 transactions by January 1, 2012, meaning they ought to be testing their systems with the new standards by the beginning of 2011, based on ...