It’s Not Halloween, It’s ICD-10 Rollout Day

New ICD-10 codes, NCCI edits and Medicaid eligibility limits all took effect Oct. 1. Here's what practices should check this week.

A spreadsheet and the question ‘why?’ are enough to get started, an expert says.

Health care attorney Tatiana Melnik, J.D., says practices adopting artificial intelligence tools should reread their vendor contracts, train staff every week and plan for patients who decline an AI scribe.

Six national physician organizations warned that claims of AI superiority undermine patient trust, putting new attention on how practices set rules for AI use by clinicians and staff.

Texas laws on offshore records, AI disclosure, portal holds and gold cards are all in force now. Six checks worth an afternoon.

Hold times, delayed approvals and denials on authorized care dominated member feedback to MGMA's government affairs team.

MGMA is pushing back on any delay as insurers describe a three-step build.

A $20.5 million CVS settlement over web tracking shows how AI and data tracking without patient consent invite lawsuits and enforcement.