Some vendors may fail to comply with certain regulations, including HIPAA privacy/security provisions, conversion to HIPAA 5010 transaction sets and ICD-10 code sets and the health care reform law. All of these provisions are expected to substantially change internal functions for hospitals, particularly workflows and processes that effect revenue cycle management.
“You must be planning for the convergence of these initiatives and their affect on technology, processes and people,” said Deborah Kohn, principal at Dak Systems Consulting in San Mateo, Calif.
Read the Health Data Management report on Ms. Deborah Kohn’s opinion.
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