All users of Vitera Medical Manager(r) are invited to join us online Thursday, January 16th at 1pm EST for an ICD-10 webinar. This is an important first-step in determining how you will move forward to prepare your system and your staff for the impending deadline. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/vitera-medical-manager-users-and-icd-10/#more-1508" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Vitera Medical Manager Users and ICD-10">(more…)</span></a>
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen G. Sebelius today announced 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). <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/sebelius-knows-not-when-for-icd-10/#more-1445" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Sebelius Knows Not “When” for ICD-10">(more…)</span></a>
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a <a href="http://www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM7492.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Medicare Fee-for-Service Claims Processing Guide for ICD-10</a>. The document includes information on how to handle claims for services during the ICD-9 and ICD-10 transition, including the actual implementation date. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/icd-10-transition-guide-issued-by-cms-for-medicare-providers/#more-1389" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading ICD-10 Transition Guide Issued by CMS for Medicare Providers">(more…)</span></a>
As of 01/01/12, only claims submitted electronically in the 5010 format will be accepted. That means your practice has less than 90 business days to take action if you haven’t already! <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/less-than-90-business-days-to-be-5010-compliant/#more-1377" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Less than 90 Business Days to Be 5010-Compliant">(more…)</span></a>
Achieving meaningful use of an electronic health record (EHR) is not the only deadline facing medical practices. By federal mandate, in January of 2012, practices must process claims in the new 5010 format, <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/to-keep-or-replace-sage-medical-manager-to-comply-with-meaningful-use-and-5010icd-10-that-is-the-question/#more-1359" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading To Keep or Replace Sage Medical Manager® to comply with ‘Meaningful Use’ and 5010/ICD-10? THAT is the Question.">(more…)</span></a>
ZirMed, our revenue cycle management partner, has made an online ”5010 Resource Center” available to you. The site includes <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/5010-icd-10-are-coming-are-you-ready/#more-1330" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading 5010 & ICD-10 Are Coming — Are You Ready?">(more…)</span></a>
The deadline for Version 5010 electronic healthcare transaction standards begins on January 1, 2011. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/5010-icd-10-deadlines-approaching/#more-1263" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading 5010 & ICD-10 Deadlines Approaching">(more…)</span></a>