Carl Natale

If you think calculating the true cost of the ICD-10 transition will be easy, think again.

There is a fair amount of concern among hospitals about how much revenue will be lost if DRGs shift the wrong way.

Testing is going to make or break your ICD-10 transition. That is when you will find out if your project plan is working correctly. While there hasn't been a whole lot of ICD-10 testing done yet there are some best practices.

Just in case you forget why we're doing all this, Robert Tagalicod, Director, Office of E-Health Standards and Services, summarizes how important ICD-10 is to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Medical coders have a strong incentive for mastering ICD-10 coding. Physicians not so much.

Since ICD-10 implementation affects almost every department in a medical practice or hospital, it's fair to say that it's more than a medical coding problem. There are plenty of challenges to tackle across the organization.

Since ICD-10 implementation affects almost every department in a medical practice or hospital, it's fair to say that it's more than a medical coding problem. There are plenty of challenges to tackle across the organization.

One of the major training decisions that a healthcare organization needs to make is when to start ICD-10 training. How much training will be part of that timing decision.

Developing a plan to train and educate staff for the ICD-10 transition is as important as upgrading systems and equipment.

Improving the clinical documentation will be a requirement of the ICD-10 transition. Does it really need to start now?