The U.S. healthcare industry is facing one of its biggest challenges in decades.  The new HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 regulations have a target date for compliance by Jan 2012 and Oct 2013 respectively.  To comply, processes and IT systems will need to be aligned with the new regulation requirements and of course much training and retraining will have to be given to people responsible for the implementation of these new regulations to ensure not only business continuity but to also maintain the privacy rights of everyone involved so that penalties can be avoided.

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