Half of Healthcare Facilities Name ICD-10 as Top Financial IT Priority for 2011

Implementing ICD-10/CPT-10 is the top financial IT priority for healthcare provider organizations in 2011, according to the 22nd Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey, sponsored by Citrix.

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Forty-eight percent of respondents said ICD-10/CPT-10 were the top priority for their organization, followed by upgrading patient billing system information (14 percent) and upgrading patient access system (4 percent). Respondents also named implementing medical necessity checking, patient scheduling systems, eligibility transactions with payors and claims transactions directly with payors as priorities.

Read about the 22nd Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey, sponsored by Citrix.

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