IBHIS, the IS and ICD-10 Deadline

Well, today we heard that the ICD-10 deadline is being pushed back to October 1, 2015,  ...yippee for that!

Assuming LACDMH CIO will discuss this 'gift of time' at the upcoming CPTT meeting on April 8th, as I believe they were about to announce shorter timelines for contract providers FY 13-14 claims using the IS which does not support ICD-10.

Today the U.S. Senate passed H.R. 4302 to extend the Sustainable Growth Rate. This bill also delays the implementation of ICD-10 by one year, pushing the mandatory compliance date back to Oct. 1, 2015.  

One less deadline to worry about today.

PS - I hear LACDMH is looking for contract providers that can be ready to GO-LIVE to IBHIS BEFORE July 2014. I think this is a great idea, if you are ready, considering the data is all integrated in the new data warehouse for IS and IBHIS. Would mean implementing two parallel sets of procedure codes / modifiers and other configurations for FY 13-14 services and claims... something to consider.