HIMSS

The Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society recently unveiled an updated version of its ICD-10 PlayBook. Among its new features: free access to its VitalVendors, which helps providers know which software firms have the resources to support an ICD-10 transition. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requires nursing facilities to comply with this new coding structure. The new system will allow providers to better code clinical conditions and care, according to CMS.

Many state Medicaid directors worry that implementing healthcare information exchanges (HIE) will sap money from already diminishing Medicaid funds, according to speakers at the recent Health Information Management Systems Society gathering in Atlanta.