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Flash Code, a software used by many healthcare providers for coding and billing purposes, released a smart search capability for ICD-10 codes to deliver the most relevant codes possible.

In a Healthcare Finance News report, Jackie Griffin, associate vice president in client services at TriZetto Provider Solutions, discusses steps to take to kick-start ICD-10 planning at a medical practice.

Surgery Center Network, a comprehensive network of ambulatory surgery centers in the United States, announced that its partner Caprock Health Group completed two significant acquisitions last year.

The start of 2014 means only nine months remain until ICD-10 takes effect at healthcare practices nationwide, and the key to practices' ICD-10 success will be knowledge, according to a Government Health IT report.

The Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with Chicago-based Accretive Health after the medical billing company was banned from doing business in Minnesota, according to a StarTribune report.

Physicians have until the end of the Medicare open enrollment period to decide whether to participate in the program, according to an American Medical Association report.

Atlanta-based health IT solutions company Jvion recently released a whitepaper and detailed the biggest ICD-10 lessons practices should learn for documentation success, according to an HIT Consultant report.

A study released by the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services released a study earlier this month that looked at physicians that received more than $3 million from Medicare in 2009, according to…

Here are nine suggestions for overcoming the ICD-10 challenges of implementation, training and increased documentation, according to an AudioEducator news release.  

Here are seven statistics on average medical coder salary based on specialty credentials, according to an AAPC report.