Articles for March 29, 2012

CDI Strategies - Volume 6, Issue 7

News: CMS targets April for release of new ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation date

March 29, 2012
News

During a March 7 conference call with payers, CMS indicated that it expects to release information regarding a new ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation date sometime in April, according to Renee Washington, director of customer systems integration at MassHealth, who spoke during the Massachusetts Health...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 6, Issue 7

News: CMS delays HIPAA Version 5010 enforcement date

March 29, 2012
News

CMS delayed the HIPAA Version 5010 compliance deadline again last week, giving providers until June 30, 2012 to comply, according to a March 15 announcement. Earlier this year, CMS pushed the previous January 1, 2012...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 6, Issue 7

News: ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee discusses few code changes

March 29, 2012
News, Clinical & Coding

The ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance (C&M) Committee discussed a few changes to the ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 code sets for the October 1, 2012 implementation dates during its meeting March 5. 

Due to the planned implementation of the ICD-10 code set, the last round of regular...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 6, Issue 7

News: OIG says CMS overestimates payment error rates

March 29, 2012
News, Quality & Regulatory

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) says CMS incorrectly estimates payment errors in its Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) program, according to a March 9 report titled, “Review of CERT Errors Overturned Through the...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 6, Issue 7

News: Latest version of the ICD-10 MS-DRG conversion project available.

March 29, 2012
News

CMS posted v29 of the ICD-10 MS-DRGs and an updated version of the v27 Medicare Code Editor (MCE) on the ICD-10 MS-DRG Conversion Project webpage, Wednesday, March 14, to correct some errors in previously posted...Read More »
CDI Strategies - Volume 6, Issue 7

Q&A: Educate physicians regarding TIA etiologies

March 29, 2012
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