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Help your staff get ready for October 1 with 23 new online lessons for customized learning.
To help your staff get ready for the new QIS, Healthcare Academy has added 2 new lessons to the current curriculum: The Importance of Avoiding Stage II and Quality Resident Care: Guidance for Surveyors.
Healthcare Academy has released several new components to the QIS package, including Stage 2 forms, the Reporting Tool, and user guide.
On Sept. 13 2010 (from 12pm to 1:30pm) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a follow-up national provider conference call on "ICD-10 Implementation in a 5010 Environment". Subject matter experts will review basic information on both ICD-10 and 5010 and explain how they are interrelated.
The world is no longer in phase 6 of influenza pandemic alert. We are now moving into the post-pandemic period. The new H1N1 virus has largely run its course. WHO recommendations for post pandemic period...
These two transitions will require system and business changes throughout the health care industry. ICD-10 will affect coding for everyone covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), not just those who submit Medicare claims.
The CMS code revisions will be implemented Oct. 1, 2010. These codes could have a significant impact on SNF's.