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Try This 6-Phase ICD-10 Transition Plan, Expert Urges

Published on Thu Nov 15, 2012

A working budget should encompass every aspect of planning, including productivity training.You may have put ICD-10 planning on the back burner once CMS delayed the implementation date by a year, but keep in mind that 2014 really is just around the corner, so the time to prepare is now.Home care providers can benefit from tips offered during an Oct. 25 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services National Provider Call, "Prepar-ing Physicians for ICD-10 Implementation.""Education and patience are key," said Gin-ger Boyle during the call. Boyle is a practicing family physician who has developed a coding education program for her hospital and its family practice residency program. Her presentation broke down the ICD-10 transition into the following six phases:Planning.Communication and awareness.Assessment.Operational implementation.Testing.Transition.In other words: To begin, you should estab-lish the project structure, responsible parties, and highlight clinician and coding champions who can be assets. You should also create your budget. Be [...]
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