This document provides information about an upcoming webinar hosted by Florida Blue to discuss ICD-10 compliance. The webinar will take place on August 15, 2014 from 9:30-10:30 AM EST and include a panel of experts from healthcare organizations, payers, and vendors. The panel will provide regulatory updates on ICD-10, discuss Florida Blue's implementation progress, and address upcoming challenges and next steps for transitioning to the new code set.

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Open Line Friday: ICD-10 Edition
New ICD-10 Compliance
Date Announced:
Panelists Discuss
What Lies Ahead
August 15, 2014
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. EST
Dial Toll-Free: (800) 882-3610 or (412) 380-2000
Conference Passcode: 6829655#
900-4613-0814

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Panelists
Gale Scott
EDI Regulatory Compliance
Administrator
Tampa General Hospital
Deborah Stewart, MD
Medical Director
Florida Blue
Lee Ratliff
Clinical Business Technology Consultant
Baptist Health South Florida
Laurie Darst
Revenue Cycle Regulatory Advisor
Mayo Clinic (MN)
Matthew Ketterman
Director, Business Solutions
Availity®1
Mary Rita Hyland
VP of the Cooperative Exchange
Joseph Gonzalez
VP of Business Development
Secure EDI
Diana Brijbag
CMM, CPC, CCP, CMSCS, HITCM-PP
Office Manager
The Springs Family Medical Center
George Vancore
Senior Manager, Delivery Systems
Mandates and Compliance
Florida Blue
1 Availity, L.L.C. is a multi-payer joint venture company. For more information or to register, visit www.availity.com
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Agenda
Aug. 15, 2014
1. Objectives
2. Healthcare Industry Updates
3. Florida Blue Updates
4. What Lies Ahead
5. Next Steps

4. Objectives
1. Promote collaboration, communication and coordination between providers, payers
and electronic trading partners.
2. Expand your understanding of the current state of ICD-10, recent regulatory
decisions and industry perspectives.
3. Raise your awareness and understanding of the unique opportunities and challenges
that ICD-10 brings to the entire health care industry including providers, payers and
electronic trading partners.
4. Provide you with tools, techniques, best practices and helpful hints from your peers
that can be used as you continue (or begin) your ICD-10 journey.
**** Please remember that during the call all attendees will be placed on “mute”
except for any guest speakers and all panelists. If you have a question, please
email it to FloridaBlueOpenLineFriday@FloridaBlue.com.
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Health Care Industry & Regulatory Update
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Florida Blue Update:
• Florida Blue is deploying a full remediation strategy to implement ICD-10.
• Florida Blue’s ICD-10 initiative is proceeding on plan. We are in the process of
completing our internal Compliance Level 1 testing and are fully engaged in
Compliance Level 2 testing with physicians, providers and external entities.
• Open Line Friday ICD-10 Edition teleconferences will continue every 3rd Friday
of each month. Audio podcast recordings are available through the Podcast link
located at www.floridablue.com/icd-10.
• ICD-10 Testing with Providers: we are continuing to engage providers in Phase I
and Phase II Testing. Phase III is in beta-test mode and will be generally available
in the late July timeframe; details of our provider testing, including a self-service
option, are available at www.floridablue.com/icd-10.
• Florida Blue’s ICD-10 Provider Toolkit will be maintained going forward and is
accessible from www.floridablue.com/icd-10.
• Attention Small to Medium sized providers: “Build your action plan and start
your transition to ICD-10 now with the CMS “Road to 10” tool. It’s simple. Visit the
www.roadto10.org”
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New ICD-10 Compliance Date Announced:
What Lies Ahead
Panel Discussion
Please refer to our guest speaker’s program material if available which can be accessed at
www.floridablue.com/ICD-10 under Open-Line Friday located in right margin.

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ICD-10 Outreach
2-sided Flyer:

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Send ICD-10 questions, comments or feedback to
floridablueopenlinefriday@floridablue.com.
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ICD-10 Readiness: Another Practice Testimonial

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ICD-10
The most effective
way to do it,
is to do it!
– Amelia Earhart

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Next Steps
Next Steps
Build your ICD-10 action plan now with the CMS “Road to 10” tool. Visit www.roadto10.org
Access our Open Line Friday podcasts at www.floridablue.com/icd-10
ICD-10 Open Line Friday email list: send us your email by contacting us at
floridablueopenlinefriday@floridablue.com
Test ICD-10 with us. Visit www.floridablue.com/icd-10 and select our “Test ICD-10 icon”
for details. Testing questions? Email us at ICD-10Testing@floridablue.com
Access Florida Blue’s ICD-10 Provider Toolkit and more at www.floridablue.com/ICD-10
Visit the Availity Learning Center (www.availity.com/learningcenter) to access live and webinars
including information about Ready10 - a popular ICD-10 project management tool (see “There’s
Ready and There’s Ready10”).
Add, update or delete your email and contact information at any time using Availity's secure website. Log
on to Availity at www.availity.com, select Payer Resources, Florida Blue and Update My Email
Information with Florida Blue then follow the prompts.
Follow us on Twitter @FLBlue
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12. Addendum
ICD-10 Helpful Resources and Reference Material
Though not inclusive, the following list includes several public websites that can help increase general awareness
and understanding of the ICD-10 mandate and its impact to the health care industry:
• www.cms.gov/ICD10
• www.wedi.org
• www.ama-assn.org
• www.ahima.org/icd10
• www.availity.com
• www.fha.org
• www.hbma.com
• www.mgma.com
• www.floridablue.com/ICD-10
• www.fmaonline.org/HomePage.aspx
• www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd/icd10.htm
The links below were referenced during this presentation. The actual URLs below are provided for your convenience:
 For regular CMS ICD-10 email updates, subscribe at:
 https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USCMS/subscriber/new?topic_id=USCMS_608
 WEDI's Survey on Industry ICD-10 progress:
 http://www.wedi.org/docs/comment-letters/2013-wedi-icd-10-survey-results-letter.pdf?sfvrsn=0
 FREE CMS and WEDI ICD-10 End-to-End Testing Webinars available for download:
 http://www.wedi.org/forms/meeting/MeetingFormPublic/view?id=220AC00000156
 HIMSS/WEDI National ICD-10 Pilot Program Update:
 http://www.himss.org/library/icd-10/national-pilot-program?navItemNumber=13477
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