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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). 

The "ICD-10 Implementation Strategies and Planning” call agenda includes:
  • 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
In order to receive the dial-in information, you must register for the call. Registration closes at noon on Thursday, November 17 or when available space has been filled. No exceptions will be made. Please register early. For details, visit http://www.eventsvc.com/blhtechnologies.

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