In an effort to gather and share knowledge by working together to prepare for hospitals' mandatory ICD-10 transition in October 2014, California healthcare leaders representing providers, payors and vendors launched the California ICD-10 Collaborative consortium this month and hosted a webinar today to introduce their plans and objectives.
Working collectively rather than individually to design and execute ICD-10 implementation strategies is essential, leaders say, because no payor or provider can afford to get ICD-10 wrong. Managers of the collaborative's workteams — including those for testing, training and outreach — say the new consortium will benefit healthcare organizations by helping them to identify and address shared risks and streamline communication and training based on best practices learned from fellow members of the consortium.
With so many questions to consider, the collaborative's leaders stressed the importance of cooperative problem solving for such issues as contingency plans when systems fall short, or "crosswalking" methods to continue to convert ICD-9-coded items efficiently into ICD-10 once the transition has taken effect next year.
Furthermore, grouping providers into a problem-solving body such as the consortium can do more than help smaller hospitals and payors benefit from the marquee names like Scripps Health in San Diego or Blue Shield of California. The combined strength of its members, consortium leaders argued, could give the industry a greater pull on legislation and regulating policy.
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Working collectively rather than individually to design and execute ICD-10 implementation strategies is essential, leaders say, because no payor or provider can afford to get ICD-10 wrong. Managers of the collaborative's workteams — including those for testing, training and outreach — say the new consortium will benefit healthcare organizations by helping them to identify and address shared risks and streamline communication and training based on best practices learned from fellow members of the consortium.
With so many questions to consider, the collaborative's leaders stressed the importance of cooperative problem solving for such issues as contingency plans when systems fall short, or "crosswalking" methods to continue to convert ICD-9-coded items efficiently into ICD-10 once the transition has taken effect next year.
Furthermore, grouping providers into a problem-solving body such as the consortium can do more than help smaller hospitals and payors benefit from the marquee names like Scripps Health in San Diego or Blue Shield of California. The combined strength of its members, consortium leaders argued, could give the industry a greater pull on legislation and regulating policy.
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