Intalere welcomes to the discussion Mike Hodgson, Vice President of Healthcare and Corporate Partnerships at Career Step. Mike has over 25 years of proven success helping clients achieve desired outcomes in the healthcare industry. Throughout his career, Mike has been responsible for driving positive change for clients, as well as the organizations for which he has served in sales, operations and finance roles. Mike is focused on improving productivity and enhancing operations through strategic planning and a commitment to finding positive solutions that meet the business objectives of his customers. Our topic for this episode will be focused on the transition to the ICD-10 Coding system. More specifically, we will be discussing the educational and training needs associated with this transition and where your facility should be in the planning phase. We will also we talking about how to accomplish adequate training without reducing productive work time and other concerns and challenges that may be faced during this transitional period.