An Orientation to ICD 10: - Florida Blue

An Orientation to ICD 10:A Payer’s PerspectiveHow is Florida Blue addressing the ICD-10 challenge?• In 2010, Florida Blue conducted an initial impact assessment which identifiedsignificant remediation impacts across the enterprise.• As a result, Florida Blue established an ICD-10 enterprise-wide program with a formalgovernance structure and Program Management Office (PMO).• Florida Blue’s ICD-10 Program is chartered under an ICD-10 Steering Committee thatincludes the following membership:• Senior Level Executive Sponsor• Officer Level representatives from impacted functional areas across the enterprise• Program Director• Overall Enterprise-wide Business Lead• Lead Technical Architect and an Enterprise Project Manager• Florida Blue’s ICD-10 Program has established three primary objectives:1. Meet the ICD-10 compliance requirements (Functionally Compliant).2. Mitigate any medical cost impacts that may result from the implementation of ICD-10(Financial Risk).3. Achieve administrative efficiencies (Operationally Efficient).30