Tweet The healthcare industry faces many regulatory changes in the coming years—ICD-10, HIPAA 5010, Meaningful Use and other information technology (IT) updates. However, the industry needs to be aware of another fast-approaching, lesser-known set of regulations regarding disclosure of financial conflicts of interest (FCOI). In 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published [...]
Tweet In the coming weeks, Dodge will be sharing a series of guest blog posts leading up to the HIMSS12 conference that will be taking place February 20-24, 2012 at the Venetian Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The blog series will allow a sampling of our clients to share their expectations for the [...]
Tweet ICD-10, Meaningful Use, ACOs…what other buzz words can we throw in that are top of mind for each and every healthcare executive? Certainly, plenty others make the list right now, and while the benefits to these major initiatives vary, one commonality is spurring them all—patient care. It makes sense, right? We should always push [...]
Tweet Lots of folks talk about mapping ICD-9 codes to ICD-10 codes and vice versa. That’s a very important, very practical need. After all, once the 250.xx series goes away, for example, clinicians must know how to code for their diabetic patients. But focus too intently on code crosswalks and you could be missing [...]