HBMA - ICD10monitor
June 24, 2019
TPE Audits, Healthcare IT, ICD-11 Discussed at CMS
CMS provides updates and insight during the HBMA meeting. The Healthcare Business Management Association’s (HBMA) Government Relations Committee has been extremely fortunate to be invited to meet with many CMS representatives each summer. The 2019 meeting offered many insights into issues of physician and industry concern and the CMS thoughts…
April 25, 2016
ICD-10: No News, Not Good News: Report from the Trenches
What many of us are learning lately is that no news is not necessarily good news. It seems that no news about ICD-10 has simply been disguising some of the lurking problems just waiting to surface. Problems are just starting to appear as payers add edits and issues with electronic health…
September 14, 2015
EHNAC and HBMA Partner to Offer Accreditation Program for Medical Billers
ASSOCIATION NEWS The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) and the Healthcare Billing & Management Association (HBMA) have announced a collaboration to accredit medical billers in the areas of privacy, security, confidentiality, cybersecurity, business best practices and technical operations.
June 22, 2015
HBMA Conducts Revealing ICD-10 Readiness Survey
Earlier this month, the Healthcare Billing and Management Association (HBMA) surveyed members in an effort to assess their experiences regarding commercial payer, Medicaid, and HIPAA-exempt plan ICD-10 readiness. Fifty-four member companies participated. Although that may seem like a small number, the average HBMA member processes 350,000-400,000 claims per year. Most…
April 17, 2015
Detours Slow ICD-10 Preparedness
Like the vast majority of revenue cycle companies and many physician practices, our readiness plan for 2015 was well-established early. More detailed employee education in the first quarter, intensive focus on client needs, more end-to-end testing in the second quarter, intensive dual coding all year, retesting systems for all 2015…
EDITOR’S NOTE – This is the first in a two-part series on industry reaction to the U.S. House of Representatives passage of the H.R. 2 bill. The U.S. Senate left for spring break two weeks ago, thereby leaving the $214 billion Medicare Bill, H.R. 2, and the Medicare Access and…
June 16, 2014
We Took a Step Back – and Fell Off a Cliff
At numerous meetings since the ICD-10 delay was announced, the chasm between large and small providers, entities, and practices has been evident. Obviously, some small groups are well ahead of the pack and some large groups are lagging, but the profound discrepancies keep reappearing. Stanley Nachimson recently commented on the…