“Preparing Safety Net Providers for ICD-10” - Webinar

Health Resources and Services Administration

Health Information Technology and Quality Webinar and Technical Assistance Resources

“Preparing Safety Net Providers for ICD-10”

Friday, August 23, 2013, 2PM- 3PM ET

This webinar will focus on how safety net providers can prepare for the ICD-10 transition. Preparing for the ICD-10 transition is imminent and mandated for all HIPAA covered entities by October 1, 2014. Presenters for this webinar will focus on the following topics:

• How providers can start to manage the transition for the ICD-10 compliance deadline of October 1, 2014;
• Understand the billing and coding impacts for their safety net organization; and
• How providers in Iowa have already begun their ICD-10 transition

Presenters include:

• Robert Tagalicod, Director & Senior Privacy Official, Office of E-Health Standards and Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Bill Finerfrock, Executive Director
  National Association of Rural Health Clinics
• Bob Schlueter, Provider Services Account Manager
  Iowa Medicaid Enterprise

Participants can register at https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/registrations/new?cid=qa685pan7lci  
Previous HRSA Health IT and Quality Webinars can be accessed at the HRSA Health IT and Quality Webinar website: http://www.hrsa.gov/healthit/toolbox/webinars/

Technical Assistance Resources
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and The Health Resources & Services Administration have several valuable resources available on ICD-10. These include:

• CMS ICD-10 Website, which provides a variety of comprehensive resources about ICD-10 including timelines, training modules, and fact sheets.
• HRSA ICD-10 Website, which provides a variety of related ICD-10 resources for safety net providers.

Questions for presenters are welcome ahead of the event and may be emailed to healthit@hrsa.gov