For many patient care organizations nationwide, there was much concern leading up to the ICD-10 implementation deadline of Oct. 1, 2015. Indeed, since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) delayed the deadline for the transition to the new coding set three times previously, providers were justly unsure if all of their preparation and resources put into the conversion would go for naught once again.
Nonetheless, organizations such as the Maitland, Fla.-based Consulate Health Care, the largest provider of senior healthcare services in the state and sixth largest in the nation, specializing in post-acute care for more than 200 centers nationwide in 21 states, couldn’t take any chances—they had to be as well-prepared as possible.
