ICD-10 Vendor Readiness: Build Your Game Plan Now
Product Description:
AUDIO CONFERENCE ON CD OR ON-DEMAND
Sponsored by: JustCoding.com
Presented on Monday, March 21, 2011
Before you can think about implementing ICD-10, you need to be sure your numerous Hospital Information Systems (HIS) and Practice Management Systems (PMS) are upgraded for the change. It can be a potentially overwhelming process, and it has to start now.
During this 90-minute intermediate-level audio conference, our expert speakers will give you strategies and hands-on advice to streamline the upgrading process. You’ll learn how to work with your vendors to ensure their systems are ready for this very significant change in the way you’ll be doing business in the future.
You’ll walk away with a list of questions to ask your vendors to ensure your transition to ICD-10 is a success.
At the conclusion of this audio conference, you will be able to:
- Determine 5010 compliance and impacts for ICD-10 implementation and compliance
- Compare ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM/PCS code structures
- Explain system and process impacts of ICD-10
- Review complexity of changes and the impacts on systems and implementation
- Categorize vendors as primary, secondary, or tertiary
AGENDA
- 5010 & ICD-10 standards
- Identify steps necessary for ICD-10 implementation
- ICD-10 Hospital Information Systems (HIS) and Practice Management Systems (PMS)
- Compare ICD-9 and ICD-10 code structures
- Verify data-quality of codes
- Analyze the impact of multi-system interfaces
- Identify your vendors
- ICD-10 critical issues for specific vendors
- Billing systems: customized edits
- Claims submission: reporting ICD-9-CM codes to HIPAA-exempt entities
- Electronic Data Interchange (EDI): error report format and content
- Financial/payment grouping software: upgraded screens and coding worksheets
- Critical provider questions for “homegrown” vendors
- Memory/storage capacity
- Transition to 5010 and ICD-10
- Federal grants availability
- A live question and answer session will follow the presentation.
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Lolita M. Jones, RHIA, CCS, is an AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer. She has been coding for more than 25 years and is the author of The ICD-10-CM/PCS Implementation Action Plan, www.EZMedED.com.
Mary Rita Hyland, RN, BS, MBA, is assistant vice president of regulatory affairs and chief privacy officer at The SSI Group, Inc. She has more than 30 years professional experience in the healthcare industry and actively participates in numerous national organizations.BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIAL PACKET
In addition to the expertise and information presented during this audio conference, you'll also receive these helpful “take-aways” provided within your materials pack:
- List of strategic elements needed to meet ICD-10 initiatives
- ICD-10 impact checklist for vendors
- Vendor category reference guide
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
ICD-10 coordinators, HIM directors and managers, coding supervisors and managers, revenue cycle directors and managers, third party payers, IT vendors, IT managers and directors, ICD-10 project team leaders
ON-DEMAND
Purchase a CD or an audio on-demand of the audio conference and listen when you can. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.
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