News: CMS to hold ICD-10 implementation provider call

CMS will host a National Provider Call on Thursday, November 17, 1:30-3 p.m. (ET) regarding ICD-10 implementation strategies. The call will feature presentations by the four cooperating parties: CMS, the American Hospital Association (AHA), the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

• General ICD-10 requirements and CMS implementation planning – Pat Brooks, CMS
• General implementation planning and strategies – Sue Bowman, AHIMA and Nelly Leon-Chisen, AHA
• Coding Clinic for ICD-10, AHA's implementation plans – Nelly Leon-Chisen, AHA
• National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics meeting on provider and vendor readiness – Donna Pickett, CDC
• Public health reporting issues – Donna Pickett, CDC
• Medicare FFS Claims Processing Guidance for Implementing ICD-10 – MLN Matters Article 7492 – Sarah Shirey-Losso, Antoinette Johnson, CMS