Home Health & Hospice Week

Question: Our vendor oversees our medical records storage systems -- should they be able to show us that they've got the technology to store all the information that the 5010 form will require? Answer: You definitely need to ensure you or your vendor has a system and hardware than can handle the increased file and database storage you'll need with ICD-10 -- this is an especially important consideration for hospitals, payers, and clearinghouses. Plus, you'll need additional storage space to accommodate the ICD-9 code information that you'll need to maintain for an undetermined interim period of dual processing. In addition to the dual processing demand, ICD-10 will increase the number of claims, records, and overall data storage requirements. You need to ensure you and your vendor have adequate processing and storage capacity for both live operations and testing. Check that your hardware and software can support historical file storage, new file storage, [...]