In order to receive reimbursement for patient claims, U.S. healthcare providers must begin using a revised global system for classifying medical diagnoses and inpatient procedures by Oct. 1, 2014. While more than two years sounds like plenty of time to implement a new system, the number of possible diagnostic codes will increase dramatically from 14,000 […]
A Massachusetts study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, suggests that a lower rate of malpractice claims is linked to the use of electronic health records (EHRs). The researchers noted that while EHRs “enhance documentation, make visits more efficient, reduce medication errors, and allow providers to track and manage their entire patient population, some physicians harbor […]
The stakes are high for the upcoming ICD-10 conversion and the consequences for organizations that don’t properly prepare may be severe. Here are some first key steps in ICD-10 implementation planning, provided by Ann Zeisset, an author for the American Health Information Management Association. In order to avoid future claims rejections, denials, delays in processing […]
Team USA can cross one big task off its list for the London Olympics games and forthcoming events: finding a place to store thousands of pallets with boxes of paper medical records for its athletes. And then paying to transport all the records to that location. That’s because the U.S. Olympics Committee (USOC) is working […]
On April 17, 2012 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a proposed rule that would delay, from October 1, 2013 to October 1, 2014, the compliance date for the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition diagnosis and procedure codes (ICD-10). The ICD-10 compliance date change is part of a proposed rule that […]
Doctors order fewer lab tests when they have access to a patient’s electronic medical records, according to a new study, but the efficiency may be confined to state-of-the-art records exchanges for now. The new study is based on the experience of two hospitals — Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General — that form Partners HealthCare, […]
Below are a list of clients who have received their first Meaningful use stimulus checks! 7 years later we have been advised that a lot of our clients have already received their checks! Houston Pediatrics in Houston, MS have received their first “Meaningful Use” stimulus check! This further demonstrates the possibilities of the AMS system. […]
The deadlines for Stage 2 and Stage 3 have been extended by a year each. The U.S. government’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week published to the Federal Register the second of three sets of guidelines that the healthcare community must follow in rolling out electronic medical records (EMR). The proposed guidelines […]
February 16, 2012: As part of President Obama’s commitment to reducing regulatory burden, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen G. Sebelius today announced 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). The final rule […]
The percentage of US hospitals using health information technology such as Electronic Health Records software has more than doubled in the last two years, according to an announcement by the Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as she visited a Health Science Institute in Kansas City, Missouri, on Friday. Sebelius made the announcement […]