HIMSS and 29 Organizational Participants Launch the ICD-10 PlayBook

As the deadline for HIPAA version 5010 looms around the corner on January 1, 2012, demand for information on ICD-10 implementation and risk mitigation continues to escalate. Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), along with 29 plus participating organizations consisting of associations, providers, health plans, vendors, clearing houses, financial institutions, work force solutions groups and a host of leading industry stakeholders, launched the ICD-10 PlayBook on May 25. This evolving web-based tool centralizes information for strategy development, implementation, best practice, remediation, human resource planning, advanced financial risk identification, and risk mitigation, and directs users to additional resources. The PlayBook will continue to be populated with relevant information as it becomes available.