The Impact of ICD-10 on Reimbursement: What’s Realistic?

On a beautiful fall day in upstate New York, I joined a group of healthcare financial executives at the HFMA Region 2 Fall Institute. Meeting hot topics included change management, the CMS Two Midnight rule, big data, and Medicaid updates.

Attendees also learned about the impact of ICD-10 on reimbursement in my presentation “ICD-10: Determining the Realistic Reimbursement Impact on MS-DRGs and APR DRGs.” While ICD-10 may impact many areas of the revenue cycle after October 1, 2015, including the DNFB and cash flow, my presentation focused on analyzing the potential shift in reimbursement by comparing claims coded in ICD-9 and ICD-10.