Nearly Half of Leading Healthcare Organizations Are Not Yet Switching to ICD-10-CM

A report by HealthLeaders Media finds that nearly half of healthcare leaders have not yet even begun to prepare for the ICD-10-CM switch. Overwhelmed with competing priorities, hospitals and health plans have not started on ICD-10-CM despite a misguided belief that it will help with their quality improvement efforts (72% of respondents) and a real belief that it will negatively impact revenue for years to come (46% of respondents).

Healthcare reform and the electronic health record are higher priorities. Let's turn off the switch.