By Marco Mack, Project Manager of EDI, DFW Hospital Council Foundation Now that ICD-10 is here, let’s all take a big sigh of relief. “Go-Live” was just the beginning. Even with the DFW Hospital Council Foundation’s (DFWHC Foundation) extensive preparation, implementation challenges are always a concern. Potential impacts include disruptions of operations, technological issues and […]
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ICD-10 Webinar set for next Thursday, Aug. 28
The Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation and Jvion will be hosting the webinar “Do You Have Questions About ICD-10?”, next Thursday, Aug. 28 at 2:15 p.m. This is a great opportunity to learn what hospitals are doing during the ICD-10 delay and efforts to help in the transition. Register for this free webinar by clicking […]
ICD-10 Webinar scheduled for August 28
The Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation and Jvion will be hosting the webinar “Do You Have Questions About ICD-10?”, Aug. 28 at 2:15 p.m. This is a great opportunity to learn what hospitals are doing during the ICD-10 delay and efforts to help in the transition. Register for this free webinar by clicking on the […]
Physician Data Analytics and Challenges in 2014 – Part 4
Last month, I commented on how 2014 will be the year for better time management and addressing technology costs, based on an article “Top 10 Challenges Facing Physicians in 2014” (J. Bendix, D.R. Verdon, A. Ritchie, D. Marbury, in Medical Economics, 12/15/13). This month I would like to discuss how 2014 will be the year […]
The ICD-10 deadline is fast approaching!
The deadline to ICD-10 transition is Oct. 1, 2014. Please hurry as time is running out! Understandably, many hospitals are concerned with competing priorities rather than the ICD-10 transition. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), there will be no more delays. What does this mean for your organization? The days of […]
Administrative or clinical data?
Hospitals within the Dallas-Fort Worth region have reduced Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) rates based upon the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) definition significantly since 2010, the baseline year for the CMS Hospital Engagement Network (HEN) contract. Utilizing CMS definition for Hospital Acquired Condition (HAC) 7, the decrease is greater than 70 […]
ICD-10 transition is coming
It is summer again and although many of us breathed a sigh of relief last year when the IC-D10 implementation was postponed until October, 2014—it is still coming. It has now been more than year since the announcement to postpone ICD-10 and it still feels like last month as time has flown by. If you […]