Five Commonly Overlooked ICD-10 IT Transition Strategies #ICD10 #ICDRemediator #ICD10Matters #HealthIT

Five Commonly Overlooked ICD-10 IT Transition Strategies | EMR and HIPAA

Posted on December 1, 2014 I Written By Guest Blogger



The following is a guest blog post by Daniel M. Flanagan, Executive Consultant, Beacon Partners.

Daniel M. Flanagan, Executive Consultant, Beacon Partners



While some organizations have relaxed their approach to ICD-10 readiness given the October 1, 2015 extension, recent polls show that the majority of healthcare organizations remain woefully unprepared.  About 60% of healthcare systems and 96% of physician practices have not begun end-to-end testing according to recent surveys conducted by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and Navicure, a leading claims clearinghouse. A lack of testing puts the ICD-10 transition at the greatest risk of failure.



ICD-10 readiness planning should remain a top priority because conducting a comprehensive gap analysis and the resulting remediation work will correct system vulnerabilities that will improve revenue cycle performance today.  However, systems performance improvement is time and resource-intensive and cannot be achieved at the last minute.



Below are five often overlooked transition planning steps:





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