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10-Thing-CMS-want-you-to-know-about-ICD-10
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Let us review the health of your in-house billing department to help you take ICD-10 heads on.
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Find your Specialty's most common ICD-10 Codes
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An essential component of your ICD-10 preparation will be the identification of your most frequently used ICD-9 codes and map them in ICD-10. To make your life easier, CureMD has created a Medical Specialty specific code list by retrieving the most common codes used by our clients.
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ICD-10 for physicians by a physician
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In this two part training program, Dr. Gwilliam, a certified ICD-10 instructor, will build on the basics and dive into specialty specific guidelines for Internal medicine.
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Live Q/A with our Resident ICD-10 Experts
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On popular demand, we are arranging live Q/A sessions for all our clients to address general and CureMD application based queries.
We will be re-visiting ICD-10 workflows, configuration process and answering your practice specific questions.
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ICD-10 for physicians by a physician
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Our physician training program is designed to bridge the gap between physician and coders to simplify the transition to ICD-10. Thus, whether you are an ICD-10 expert or beginner, do your practice a favor and spend an hour every week with CureMD.
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See how ICD-10 will work on your CureMD application
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CureMD is ICD-10 ready and has all the necessary tools to assist your medical practice for a smooth conversion. Get an overview of the CureMD ICD-10 application from both a provider and an office Manager’s perspective.
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"Must Know" secrets for easier EHR documentation
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Documentation consumes more than a quarter of the time of clinical staff and physicians. What if we tell you there is a way to document data without sacrificing patient care or your well-deserved breaks? Watch to learn industry’s best kept secrets.
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Should a practice outsource Billing to prepare for ICD-10?
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Let us review the health of your in-house billing department to help you take ICD-10 heads on. Watch to cover the rigorous practice assessment phase for ICD-10 in less than an hour!
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Stop Fighting Denials!
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With over 13,000 ICD-9 and 68,000 ICD-10 diagnosis codes, continuously updated CPT, HCPCS Level I and HCPCS Level II procedure codes and all of the possible (and impossible) combinations between them, it’s highly unlikely that practices will be able to manage on their own. If you are still adamant to go at ICD-10 on your own, watch this webinar.
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Your Key role now is to communicate with all stakeholders: the vendors, the providers, and the coders to successfully gear your practice towards ICD-10 success.
- Update electronic forms.
- Make sure your physician maps all patient records and diagnosis to ICD-10 before October 1.
- Prepare ICD-10 crosswalks.
- Update affected internal and external reporting processes.
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- Providers will need to understand all changes (within their specialty) resulting from the new code set.
- Perform all ICD-10 patients mapping before October 1. In case you start late, prioritize medical records for mapping.
- Work with your practice manager and billers to identify documentation improvement strategies for ICD-10.
- Your coder alone may not be able to resolve all denials.
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Tell me more:
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- When patients show up for visits, you will need to explain that the status of participation in certain plans may change. Keep up to date with these policy changes.
- In the first months of ICD-10, patients may be billed in error due to unjust claim denials. Front office must be able to explain what’s happened and why.
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Tell me more:
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- Eliminate coding backlogs before ICD-10 implementation.
- Prioritize medical records for coding.
- Your staff will need to follow-up with payors more often about claim payment delays, denials, referrals, and other administrative activities.
- You will also need to learn and keep up to date with payor policies, process for appeals as they will most likely be revised under ICD-10.
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5 Things I Have Learnt About Managing Patient-Provider relationships
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Read how Dr. Martin’s relationship with his patients evolved over the years and how he managed to strike a balance between his patient’s relationships and the ever growing technology.
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5 Things to Ensure Coder Productivity Post ICD-10
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Will there be a decline in coding efficiency as many industry experts have predicted post October 1? Here are 5 things you can do to ensure your coder(s) stay productive after ICD-10’s implementation.
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The Appropriate Use of Unspecified Codes in ICD-10
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What are unspecified codes? Why are they not a thing of the past? With such tremendous specificity is there still room for more? These questions are surely mind boggling and continue to be the bone of contention for practices. Read to learn the appropriate usage of these in ICD-10.
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The Elusive 7th Character
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The 7th character in ICD-10 can be as deadly as the seven deadly sins. Confused about when and where to use it? Don’t worry! This blog post will answer all your questions about this horrendous ICD-10 invention.
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What do I need for ICD-10?
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In just a few months the new ICD-10 diagnostic codes will officially take effect and physicians will be required to be 100% compliant or risk not getting reimbursed. Here are some ways providers and their staff can prepare themselves for the ICD-10 transition.
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Highlights – Jump start CureMD for ICD-10
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CureMD recently conducted its ICD-10 training for physicians titled ‘Jump start your CureMD application for ICD-10.’
We provided a road map to our physicians for a smooth transition in the next few weeks.
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Why Physician ICD-10 Fears are unfounded, CMS explains
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CMS has compiled a list of things you should know about ICD-10. They focus on how the transition is not as hard as it is being trumped up to be.
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A Small Provider's Take on ICD-10
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Never have I paid so much attention to US politics like I did last month. I am still hoping against hope that ICD-10 is not coming. Don’t get me wrong, I am not a shirker.
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How to master ICD-10 documentation in 10 days?
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ICD-10 is a watershed moment in US Healthcare. There is no consensus, at the moment, about the exact magnitude of impact this transition will have on your practice.
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ICD-10 Grace Period Approved
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In a surprise concession yesterday, CMS has agreed to a denial free grace period post October 1, to make the ICD-10 transition easier for physicians.
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Pain Relief for ICD-10 Transition
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The looming deadline for the ICD-10 transition is causing many headaches, as physicians, who are already facing financial challenges, attempt to navigate their way toward a new code set and avoid any disruptions or loss in reimbursements.
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Road to ICD-10 FAQs
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In CureMD’s Road to ICD-10 series we received a number of questions from our participants- so many in fact that we decided to address them in a separate blog post.
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Stop scapegoating our physicians!
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This would have been the second week of the ICD-10 era in American Healthcare had the Congress not intervened to delay its implementation.
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3 Steps to Prepare your Practice for ICD-10
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With each passing day bringing us closer to the October 1, 2015, ICD-10 conversion deadline, the importance of one question in particular is overshadowing all others; “Should a practice outsource medical billing to prepare for ICD-10?”
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How to Train for ICD-10 Codes?
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Lately, I’ve come across a lot of Health IT vendors who are placating their clients by telling them to sit back, relax and let their EHR handle the ICD-10 transition.
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Managing Patient Documentation
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ICD-10 is almost upon us, and an existing physician issue looks all set to take another huge blow. Yes, I’m talking about managing physician documentation in 2015 and beyond.
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The Most Bizarre ICD-10 Codes
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By now everyone in the healthcare industry knows that ICD-10 is an unavoidable fact. It is a sword of Damocles hanging over every physician’s head.
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The Shakespearean World of ICD-10 Mental Disorders
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William Shakespeare’s works are known for their universality. His plays and characters are relatable to every time and age. These plays reflect the depravity of society that manifests in the form of human mental disorders including psychopathology.
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Get up to pace with ICD-10
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Whether you’re beginning ICD-10 preparation or are at the last leg of the transition, this Excel document will help you thoroughly plan and track the progress of your ICD-10 Implementation.
Get up to pace with ICD-10
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Whether you’re beginning ICD-10 preparation or are at the last leg of the transition, this Excel document will help you thoroughly plan and track the progress of your ICD-10 Implementation.
Get up to pace with ICD-10
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Whether you’re beginning ICD-10 preparation or are at the last leg of the transition, this Excel document will help you thoroughly plan and track the progress of your ICD-10 Implementation.
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The Internal Medicine Crunch Time Guide to ICD-10
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With only a month left until the official launch date of ICD-10, there are still many providers who find themselves unsure of what the change means for their practice. Use this crunch time guide to learn what ICD-10 is exactly and how you can successfully switch diagnostic code sets come October 1st.
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Running an independent practice in 2015
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Staying independent or joining a group? This whitepaper is your guide to practicing medicine in 2015 and beyond. Learn how recent and upcoming trends in healthcare will affect the way you practice medicine this year.
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How to Master ICD-10 Documentation in 10 Days
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Providers will have to make the most adjustments post ICD-10 and have the least time to prepare for it. Download this eBook for a comprehensive coverage of ICD-10 specialty documentation.
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Mini Handbook for successful ICD-10 conversion
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We are aware how daunting it can be for your practice – especially medical billing staff – to learn the new ICD-10 codes while keeping up with their regular workflow. Therefore, CureMD has compiled a concise and comprehensive e-book to educate providers about ICD-10 conversion.