An Eye for ICD-10s

Jaye BensonMarketing Manager

MEDITECH

• Overview of ICD-10

• Impact of ICD-10

• Planning and Preparing for ICD-10

• MEDITECH's Road Map

Competing Initiatives

• ARRA

• ACOs

• 5010/HIPAA

• Payment Restructuring

Why Move to ICD-10s

• Improved understanding of health conditions

• Improved patient outcomes

• Improved data for disease management (nationally and worldwide)

• Reduced need for additional documentation from payers

Greater Level of Specificity Provides:

Myths About ICD-10

• It's an I.T. project

• It's a HIM project

• They will be revenue neutral

I.T. Impact

• Providers

• Vendors

• Clearinghouses and Payers

User Impact

• HIM/Coders

• Physicians

• Patient Access and Ancillary Staff

• Case Managers and Utilization Review

• Patient Financial Services

• Contract Management

• Quality Reporting

• Decision Support

Cumulative Impact of ICD-10s

• Decreased productivity

• Increased coder demand

• UR/AR increase

• Decreased cash flow

Planning for ICD-10

Planning for ICD-10

Planning for ICD-10

Planning for ICD-10

MEDITECH and ICD-10s

• How has MEDITECH been preparing for ICD-10s?

• Recommendations and Best Practices

• What's still to come?

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

Industry Best Practices

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

More to Come...

• Problem List enhancements

• Physician Documentation enhancements

• Coder worklist

• Notices

• Nomenclature mapping

• Natural language processing

MEDITECH Resources

• Customer training sessions

• ICD-10 Resource Center

• Periodicals, portals, people

• Your story