Health information management continues to evolve as the industry changes and new technology becomes more prevalent. Many experts have begun to predict which trends will have the largest impact on the industry as we move into 2016. By 2016, there will be a number of important health IT and reform initiatives in place, including ICD-10 and Stage 3 of Meaningful …
Rightsizing Your Staff for ICD-10 Revenue Neutrality
The transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 goes beyond a coding issue and affects every single department of a health system. For example, the transition will affect staffing in a number of ways. Providers will have to be able to maintain a healthy, appropriate staffing ratio in the midst of what is an inevitable hiring surge as ICD-10 is implemented. This …
Revenue Cycle Repercussions of ICD-10
It is quite clear that ICD-10’s impact isn’t just limited to coding. Implementing ICD-10 has an effect on an entire health system, and will particularly impact the whole revenue cycle for health care providers. Most of the focus by providers has been on implementation of ICD-10 and training staff in its use, which is understandable — many organizations were on …
How to Manage a Healthcare IT System Implementation
As the American healthcare industry moves decidedly in the direction of electronic recordkeeping, the need for robust, up-to-date health information technology systems is becoming a more urgent priority. For medical facilities long accustomed to working with older, outdated systems, this transformation promises many improvements, but a change of this sort is not without its challenges. In order to ensure the …
The Value of Interim Managers for Healthcare Providers
As the healthcare industry undergoes substantial changes—among them an aging patient population, the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the shift to electronic medical records—there is an understanding that these adjustments cannot smoothly occur simultaneously throughout the industry. In other words, where one hospital or medical facility may have the resources to implement changes rapidly, another …
