In anticipation of the HIMSS 2013 Annual Conference and Exhibition to be held March 3 to 7 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, ADVANCE interviewed Bonnie Cassidy, MPA, RHIA, FAHIMA, FHIMSS, senior director of HIM Innovation at Nuance and AHIMA approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer. Cassidy spent the majority of her career on the ...

(Editor's Note: This guest blog was written from AHIMA 2012 by Sandra Kersten, MPH, RHIA, who is AHIMA director of HIM Solutions.) Aneesh Chopra, the former first American federal chief technology officer of the U.S., described President Obama's overall vision for innovation, or ''how will this country get its mojo back?'' within the context of ...

(Editor's note: This guest blog was written by Chris Powell, president of Precyse, Wayne, Pa.) On Aug. 24, the CMS published a rule finalizing the compliance deadline for converting to the ICD-10 system of diagnostic and procedural coding to Oct. 1, 2014, from Oct. 1, 2013. HHS said the extra time would allow healthcare organizations - ...

(Editor's Note: This guest blog was written by Shelly Guffey and Dawn Duchek.) The comment period on the proposed rule to delay ICD-10 closed on May 17, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is still in the process of reviewing those comments and deciding how the industry will proceed. Providers are uncertain about when ICD-10 ...

For the first time in years, information technology (IT) leaders at healthcare organizations did not identify a lack of financial support for IT as an obstacle to implementation. So what's the problem? According to the 23rd Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey, released on Tuesday, one-quarter of respondents said adequate staffing resources within their ...