National Provider Teleconference on ICD-10

BALTIMORE — CMS will hold a national provider
teleconference on “Preparing for ICD-10 Implementation in 2011” on
Wednesday, Jan. 12 from 1 to 3 p.m. ET. The target audience
includes medical coders, physician office staff, provider billing
staff, health records staff, vendors, educators, system maintainers
and all Medicare fee-for-service providers. Subject matter experts
will review basic information on the transition to ICD-10 along
with implementation preparation strategies in 2011. A
question-and-answer session will follow the presentations. For more
information and to register for the call, go to www.cms.gov/ICD10/Tel10/itemdetail.asp?filterType=none&filterByDID=0&sortByDID=1&sortOrder=descending&itemID=CMS1242831&intNumPerPage=10.