An Eye for ICD-10s

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An Eye for ICD-10s

• Jaye BensonMarketing ManagerMEDITECH

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• Overview of ICD-10
• Impact of ICD-10
• Planning and Preparing for ICD-10
• MEDITECH's Road Map

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Competing Initiatives

• ARRA
• ACOs
• 5010/HIPAA
• Payment Restructuring

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Why Move to ICD-10s
Greater Level of Specificity Provides

• Improved understanding of health conditions
• Improved patient outcomes
• Improved data for disease management (nationally
  and worldwide)
• Reduced need for additional documentation from
  payers

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Myths About ICD-10

• It's an I.T. project
• It's a HIM project
• They will be revenue neutral

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I.T. Impact

• Providers
• Vendors
• Clearinghouses and Payers

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User Impact

• HIM/Coders
• Physicians
• Patient Access and Ancillary Staff
• Case Managers and Utilization Review
• Patient Financial Services
• Contract Management
• Quality Reporting
• Decision Support

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Cumulative Impact of ICD-10s

• Decreased productivity
• Increased coder demand
• UR/AR increase
• Decreased cash flow

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Planning for ICD-10
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Planning for ICD-10
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Planning for ICD-10
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Planning for ICD-10
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MEDITECH and ICD-10s
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• How has MEDITECH been preparing for ICD-10s?
• Recommendations and Best Practices
• What's still to come?

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MEDITECH's Road Map

• Preparation Began in 2009
• ICD-10 Committee
• Updated all ICD-10 Touch Points in our Systems
• Dual Coding Functionality Introduced
• General Equivalency Maps (GEMS)
• MEDITECH Staff Education
• Customer Education
• Best Practice
• Future Changes

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Industry Best Practices

• Identify Your Needs
• Steering Committee
• Budget Planning
• Training/Staffing
• Reporting
• Interfaces
• Financial/Payers
• Medical Necessity
• Encoder Interfaces

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More to Come...

• Problem List enhancements
• Physician Documentation enhancements
• Coder worklist
• Notices
• Nomenclature mapping
• Natural language processing

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MEDITECH Resources

• Customer training sessions
• ICD-10 Resource Center
• Periodicals, portals, people
• Your story

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