The largest private payers in the U.S. reported that they will be ready for ICD-10 implementation by the Oct. 1 compliance deadline, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians.

With the Oct. 1 ICD-10 compliance deadline fast approaching, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its “Road to 10” online resource to help providers in small practices jumpstart their ICD-10 transition.

The Department of Health & Human Services’ recently released FY 2014-2018 strategic plan highlights four goals, including strengthening healthcare, advancing scientific knowledge and innovation, advancing the health, safety and well-being of the U.S. population, and ensuring the efficiency, transparency, accountability and effectiveness of its programs.

A research study aimed at uncovering why poorer patients tend to have worse treatment outcomes finds that the quality of the hospitals serving poor communities may be a bigger factor than socioeconomic status in determining mortality risk after cancer surgery.

It’s all about aligning “the right information with the right people at the right time,” said HIMSS Executive Vice President Carla Smith in her closing message to attendees of the HIMSS14 Annual Conference & Exhibition.

Baptist Health offers advice to get ready for the Oct. 1 implementation date.

Geisinger, MassHIWay and more share their efforts to get patients sharing data.

Healthcare reform encourages hospitals and independent physicians to collaborate on care, but contracts that end up creating a financial motive to drive up Medicare and Medicaid costs can put a hospital on the wrong side of the law, as the non-profit acute-care Memorial Hospital in Fremont, Ohio, found out.