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Monongalia General Hospital in Morgantown, W. Va., has implemented Agfa HealthCare's DX-D Retrofit direct radiography system in its X-ray room.

In order to help providers with their preparation efforts for ICD-10 in light of the one-year delay, CMS will host a national provider call on June 4.

Last week, CMS announced the ICD-10 transition will take place Oct.1, 2015, resolving the uncertainty that followed the passage of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, which stated HHS could not compel providers to switch to ICD-10 before…

In light of the implementation delay, CMS has canceled end-to-end ICD-10 testing scheduled to take place from July 21 through 25.

In an in2itive blog post, Dawn Houston, coding supervisor at in2itive the ICD-10 implementation delay to October 2015, and why this does not mean coders and their employers can procrastinate on getting ready for the eventual transition.

In the wake of President Barack Obama signing a bill last week that will delay the transition to ICD-10, healthcare leaders must reassess their plans to switch to the new coding system.

CMS offers a free, downloadable tipsheet to guide healthcare professionals in successfully achieving and demonstrating meaningful use for the Electronic Health Record Incentive Program across multiple locations.

A new study from KLAS has found third-party accountable care organization vendors are outperforming electronic medical records vendors when it comes to meeting the needs of physician-led ACOs.

St. Peter's Healthcare has chosen athenahealth's electronic records service for its practices.  

Hospitals and payers are gradually moving toward electronic claims payments due to federal legislation that spurs the switch, according to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch whitepaper.