Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that Dr. Brian Levy of Health Language will discuss vendor readiness for ICD-10 during the ICD-10 Forum, presented by HIMSS Media. The session, ‘How to Identify Vendor Benchmarks and Timelines for Readiness,’ will take place on June 17 from 11-11:45 a.m. EDT at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Washington D.C.
ICD-10, which impacts systems across the healthcare enterprise, presents a unique challenge because it intersects with several key Meaningful Use criteria. To meet the compliance needs of healthcare provider and payer clients, vendors must focus on building ICD-10 functionality in preparation for 2014 releases as well to address Meaningful Use Stage 2 and beyond. This is particularly true for EMR vendors, which are grappling with supporting documentation requirements for both Meaningful Use and ICD-10-CM within the same workflow.
The ICD-10 Forum will provide attendees with testing information, best practices, risk mitigation education and vital networking opportunities designed to help CIOs, IT directors and other healthcare leaders guide their organisations to ICD-10 compliance by the October 2014 deadline.
