I need to correct an earlier post and apologize for misleading you.

This week I declared “39 percent of payers report they won’t be ready for ICD-10 in 2014.” This was based upon a HealthEdge news statement that teased their State of the Payor survey. What led me to write the 39 percent headline was this nugget of information, simple math and deductive reasoning:

“Only 61 percent of payors believe they will be ready to meet the new ICD-10 compliance deadline”

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The Supreme Court upholds the vast majority of the Affordable Care Act, but its decision raises new questions about Medicaid expansion

While the Supreme Court last month closed the door on a major constitutional question, the justices appear to have created a new era of uncertainty surrounding a key provision of health care reform.

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As healthcare organizations prepare for the ICD-10 conversion, everyone knows there will be challenges. And while much of the focus has been on the difficulties of hands-on implementation, financial managers are not likely to make it through unscathed.

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