Unless there is another delay, the United States will transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 in all health care settings on October 1, 2015. This will not be a gradual transition as there will be no grace ...

In June, the Medical Group Management Association released the results of a questionnaire that ranked members' most pressing practice-management challenges. In this edition of “Practice Makes Perfect, ...

Curtis Dubay, recognized as a leading expert on taxation issues, is a former research fellow in tax and economic policy. The House of Representatives recently passed H.R 4302, a temporary "fix" to the ...

One of the issues that doesn't come up very often when discussing ICD-10 implementation is fraud. A simple definition refers to incidents where people get more money than they are entitled to. It's ...

Steve Claypool, MD, is vice president of clinical development and informatics, and Allison Errickson, CPC-H, is director of coding compliance and content, Clinical Solutions Division, for ProVation ...

Earley Law Group reports how ICD-10 codes are used to classify slip-and-fall injuries for treatment, insurance, and liability ...

This post was contributed by Tim Norbeck, CEO of the Physicians Foundation, and Walker Ray, MD, past president and current board member of the Physicians Foundation. Of all of the oppressing new ...

Medical coding and billing productivity is going to decline after Oct. 1. That means it will take longer to prepare medical claims and receive reimbursements. How much time is guesswork. But the ...

The impending switch to ICD-10 is causing widespread concern over the associated costs and time required. How is this concern affecting physician staffing decisions? Here are two statistics from ...