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Physician’s Practice 5010 Vendor Readiness Checklist

In a November 10th article, Physicians Practice published their suggested list of questions to ask your practice management system vendor and your clearinghouse vendor.  As most of our clients utilize AdvancedMD’s integrated practice management and clearinghouse solution, I thought I would answer the 5010 set of questions; ICD-10 questions will be answered under separate blog entry.  Questions for your practice… Read more

5010, AdvancedMD & You!

What is 5010? HIPAA legislation mandates that the healthcare industry Covered Entities* use standard file formats for electronic claims and related transmissions. 5010 is the latest format; one that will accommodate the ICD-10 code sets due to implement 10/1/2013. The 4010 file format currently most widely in use will be obsolete on that date, as the diagnosis codes change with… Read more