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By Angela Reynolds on February 17, 2012
CMS issued a statement yesterday that “HHS will initiate a process to postpone the date by which certain health care entities have to comply with International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition diagnosis and procedure codes (ICD-10)” and also said that “HHS will announce a new compliance date moving forward.”
This will certainly be a welcomed reprieve [...]
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By Angela Reynolds on January 18, 2012
ICD-10 has the potential to revolutionize the nation’s healthcare system and will provide many benefits to the healthcare industry. However, implementation will provide plenty of challenges. In HCIM and AXIOM Systems’ summer 2011 ICD-10 Educational Webinar Series, we explained what ICD-10 entails, potential impacts for you to examine, and insights from others in the industry [...]
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By Angela Reynolds on January 5, 2012
88 QNXT users enjoyed HCIM and AXIOM’s Oct./Nov. 2011 webinar series on “ICD-10’s Impact on Your Business,” which was offered exclusively to QNXT users as a result of HCIM’s sponsorship of the Q-Users Group.
Throughout the four-part series of one hour webinars, ICD-10 expert Peggy Honts gave a brief overview of the ICD-10 coding system, explained [...]
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By Angela Reynolds on December 15, 2011
CMS announced a 90-day grace period for HIPAA 5010 compliance on Nov. 17, 2011. While CMS did not offer a deadline extension on the HIPAA 5010 compliance date of January 1, 2012, they will not “initiate enforcement action” before March 31, 2012. What does this mean?
It’s certainly not a free pass, but it does offer leniency [...]
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By Angela Reynolds on September 29, 2011
Olympia-based Physicians of Southwest Washington (PSW) licensed the SymKey® for EZ-CAP® Professional and Hospital Claims modules for a three-year licensing period in August 2011, after a successful 30-day Risk Free Trial. Here’s what Tamra Ruymann, Claims Manager at PSW has to say about SymKey:
Return on Investment
“SymKey’s price tag was unbelievable! I didn’t think a small [...]
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By Thomas J. Streeter on September 28, 2011
SymKey 2.0 for EZ-CAP 6.x has been available since February 2011 and is now available for all versions of EZ-CAP 6.x through 6.2.1. HCIM is continuing to develop and test solutions to new EZ-CAP 6.x versions as they are released.
While working with several EZ-CAP 6.x clients, some who are in production and others in test, [...]
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By Angela Reynolds on September 27, 2011
HCIM and AXIOM Systems have teamed up to provide QNXT users with the knowledge they need to navigate the complexities of the transition to the ICD-10 coding system.
This free educational webinar series will include four 1-hour webinars, with your choice of session on either Monday or Wednesday to better fit your schedule. Featured speaker and leading ICD-10 expert Peggy Honts of [...]
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By Angela Reynolds on September 8, 2011
Over 130 EZ-CAP users registered to attend HCIM and AXIOM Systems’ joint ICD-10 Educational Webinar Series, entitled “ICD-10’s Impact on Your Business.” Word traveled fast after MZI Healthcare encouraged its EZ-CAP client base to attend the free series via their EZ-Communicator email notice. Featured speaker and leading ICD-10 and 5010 subject matter expert Peggy Honts of AXIOM Systems presented on ICD-10’s projected impact on key areas of a healthcare payer organization’s business and concluded the series with some helpful ICD-10 implementation strategies.
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By Angela Reynolds on July 13, 2011
The Problem
North American Medical Management of Illinois, Inc. (NAMM-IL) was recently impacted by a retroactive fee schedule change that involved processing over 300,000 claims on top of their current workload! A project of this magnitude threatened to bring their normal day-to-day operations to a standstill as staff would’ve had to pour thousands of hours into [...]
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By J. Rickenbach on July 5, 2011
Due to recent healthcare reform, most young adults are now eligible for healthcare insurance under their parent’s family plan until the age of 26, regardless of whether they live with their parent(s), are in school, or are married. Section 2714 (Extension of Dependent Coverage) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that President Obama [...]
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