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I am at the ICD-10 Summit hosted by EDIFECS. This is a great conference and would be great anywhere. Hosting it at The Resort at Marina Village at Fort Myers, Florida just takes it up to a superb experience. The resort is "just right". Everything works and is the way it should be. No problems at check-in. Food is fabulous. Who can argue with a view over the Marina with yachts and boats anchored?
The conference is a great, great experience. Very well organized. I have been involved in organizing events and this event rates 100% on the Wayne Botha event rating scale.
Good speakers, relevant to the ICD-10 Program I am working on now, speakers are aware of the industry trends and situations.
Here are some specific eye-opener's that I captured this morning. (If you are not living and breathing ICD-10, then you probably won't understand the rest of this blog. It is OK - life will go on for you.)
1. What does "Neutrality" mean? This morning, when I woke up, I thought that neutrality means "What is paid today for ICD-9 will be paid tommorrow with ICD-10". I discussed it with other attendees and in a session this morning realized that many people have different opinions of what "neutrality" means. This is something I need to dig deeper into, otherwise there will be unpleasant surprises at some point in the future.
2. Industry-wide, we can expect a crunch time as providers, payers, health-plans, others in the industry get into the meat of their testing, all at the same time. Probably in early 2013 (with the current plans) many people will be trying to test with their partners across the industry, all at the same time. Potential recipe for high activity and high stress period.
3. After the compliance date, expect ICD-10 related activity and fallout for a few years as it is adopted and modified by all players in the industry. It isn't a one-and-done type of change.
4. Related to point 3 above, there is likely to be liquidity slow down as claims take longer to process due to the many changes and questions that arise from them.
5. For people using SDI to reduce conflict and improve relationships, in a poll, 51% of the audience chose Blue as their favorite color. This is healthcare industry conference. Coincidence? I think not.
Now, I go back to class to learn more from the next speakers. Overall, this is a great conference and is beneficial to the industry and myself.
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