The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have given the green light to adding 3,651 ICD-10 hospital inpatient procedure codes and about 1,900 ICD-10 diagnosis codes, beginning in fiscal year 2017.
Though only 55 percent of physicians participate in an alternative payment model, 80 percent would consider participation in the future, according to a survey of 500 physicians from Fidelity Investments and the National Business Group on Health.
One morning this month, Silvia Cota, a nurse supervisor in the emergency room at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, gathered her nurses together in a huddle to prepare them for the future.
Secure clinical messaging promises to improve communications between healthcare providers and promote continuity of care, but office-based physicians are starting to get overwhelmed with e-mail, just like the rest of us.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released guidance for developers working on healthcare applications with physicians who may need to follow HIPAA guidelines.
