The majority of healthcare organizations are ready to conduct end-to-end ICD-10 testing, according to a survey conducted by the American Health Information Management Association and eHealth Initiative.

It appears Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, is not leaving the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT after all—despite an earlier announcement.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a beta search tool to help consumers better conduct searches of the Open Payments database, which contains information on physicians' corporate financial relationships.

A group of 58 patient advocates, providers and employers is calling on Congress to provide clarity on appropriate risk-based oversight of health IT.

The North Shore-LIJ Health System has launched HealthForce, a new business unit that offers medical coding services to healthcare organizations across the country.

San Diego, California, September 26, 2014 -- The number of outsourced coding and revenue cycle management initiatives have doubled over a years’ time as the number of hospitals confront the challenges of implementing suitable solutions before the 2015 ICD-10 deadline, according to the recently published Black Book™ surveys of hospital technology and physician leaders.

While the ICD-10 delay afforded organizations an additional year to prepare for the transition, many organizations are not taking advantage of that time, reports Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI).

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is planning three weeks of ICD-10 acknowledgment testing for covered providers.