Friday, September 24, 2010

Allscripts and McKesson Post 2010 ICD-9 and HHRG Updates

Both Allscripts and McKesson have posted their 2010 ICD-9 and HHRG updates for their home care solutions.  These updates must be install as close to 10/1/10 as possible to avoid OASIS rejection and incorrect claim submittal.  We have scheduled time to install the updates for our Clients.  More information can be found on each vendor’s Client Support Portal.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Microsoft Releases 9 Security Patches for September

Microsoft releases security patches on the second Tuesday of every month.  The quantity of patches varies month by month.  For September, there are 9 patches.  4 are rated Critical and 5 are rated Important.  Patches are provide for all supported Windows platforms.  (Currently Windows XP SP3 and above) We have started our testing process and will begin rolling the patches out to our Monitoring Plus Clients as soon as testing is completed.

More information on this month’s patches can be found here.