{"id":3093,"date":"2015-06-17T19:17:48","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T19:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aphealthcare.com\/?p=3093"},"modified":"2015-11-04T14:19:54","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T14:19:54","slug":"icd-10-steering-committee-with-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/averypartners.com\/healthcare\/icd-10-steering-committee-with-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"ICD-10 Steering Committee (with updates)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ICD-10<\/a><\/p>\n

ICD-10 Steering Committee<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Updated June 17, 2015<\/p>\n

In a webinar just released today (June 17, 2015), Greenway Health, eHEALTH Initiative and AHIMA presented the findings of the third annual survey of ICD-10 preparedness. It was revealed that only 19% of practices had budgeted for time and costs associated with the transition to ICD-10<\/em><\/strong> and that only 41% had trained staff on using ICD-10<\/strong><\/em>. Even more amazing was that 38% of all respondents were concerned that revenue would DECREASE.<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n

With this updated information, it is even more important that physician practices begin to get ready for the ICD-10 transition in a serious way.<\/p>\n

The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) strongly recommends the formation of an ICD-10 Steering Committee<\/span> within your practice. The reason for doing so is two-fold. First, as AHIMA states, \u201cthe scope and complexity of the transition are significant and should not be underestimated. This transition will have a pervasive impact throughout the entire healthcare industry\u201d. Secondly, forming a committee will allow you to get other people from your practice involved in this transition. You will not need to shoulder the entire burden yourself. You will get their \u201cbuy-in\u201d and it will make your job easier.<\/p>\n

If your practice has not already formed an ICD-10 Steering Committee, DO SO NOW<\/strong><\/span>. Procrastinating will only\u00a0make things worse. If you have formed one, good for you. Hopefully there will be some information in here which will be beneficial to you.<\/p>\n

As a minimum, the Steering Committee should consist of representatives of the following groups within your practice:\"ICD-10<\/p>\n

\u2022 Practice Administration<\/p>\n

\u2022 Medical Records<\/p>\n

\u2022 Billing and Coding<\/p>\n

\u2022 Providers (include both MDs and non-physician providers)<\/p>\n

\u2022 IT (if you have in-house support)<\/p>\n

\u2022 EMR support (if in-house). If not, select a consultant to work with.<\/p>\n

The Committee Chairman should be someone who will be a positive advocate for change and someone who is willing to \u201croll-up\u201d their sleeves and go to work.<\/p>\n

First steps<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Develop timelines<\/span> \u2013 Set down your milestones by which key events should be accomplished such as testing, training, dual-coding exercises, etc. You may want to work backward from 1 October 2015.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Establish Standard meeting times (once every two weeks between now and well past 1 October.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Perform an ICD-10 Readiness assessment (See below)<\/p>\n

ICD-10 Readiness Analysis<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you don\u2019t measure it, you cannot improve it\u201d. There is a PDF attached which is a recommended Readiness checklist. If you would like this in an Excel format, just hit reply to this email and let me know.<\/p>\n

Next Steps<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Subsequent Tip Sheets will contain additional information on how to have a successful transition to ICD-10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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