There is an uncertain line between knowing when it’s time to switch to a new Electronic Health Record (EHR) or to stay with your existing solution. Luckily, for all the practices in this unclear space, Health Data Management outlined 4 red flags to help practices determine the proper time to implement a new EHR. The […]
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Eligible MIPS clinicians, or clinicians that bill more than $30,000 to Medicare, and provide care to more than 100 Medicare patients per year, are required to attest to 3 MIPS performance categories: Quality, Advancing Care Information, and Improvement Activities. Measures within the Advancing Care Information category include: Security Risk Analysis, ePrescribing Provide Patient Access Health
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The complexities surrounding effective billing for your office might seem daunting, but it shouldn’t be. You just haven’t found the right solution that can make it effective billing in-house happen. Everything from procedure codes to collecting patient balances, there are requirements that must be met for the practice to keep moving along. The best part
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Many factors affect a practice’s decision on whether to outsource billing or handle it in-house. When evaluating these options, a practice needs to first answer 3 questions: After evaluating the answers to these questions, you should be able to narrow down your decision. There are pros and cons to each option, however depending on your
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After the excitement of ringing in the New Year dies down, the reality sets in that with the new year, there is new enacted legislation which has been looming over physician’s heads for months. MACRA, is ready for 2017, but are you? Better yet, is your Electronic Health Record (EHR) vendor ready for MACRA? It’s
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MACRA is a term being thrown around by many in the healthcare industry, but there is still confusion around who will be impacted and what the upcoming requirements will look like for medical physicians across the country. At a high level, MACRA has shaped the new Quality Payment Program that will begin in 2017. By
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By: Alanna Diffendal December 28, 2016 It’s safe to say the MIPS was not designed to be clearly understood the first time you read it…or even the second time. The CMS created MIPS with the intention for practices to successfully utilize a healthcare IT solution to not only improve documentation of patient care/visits, but also
Electronic Health Records (EHR) have gained a negative reputation for many in the medical field. In fact, “about one-fifth of doctors don’t have an EHR” and “only 34 percent of doctors surveyed by the American Medical Association said they were happy with their electronic systems.” Yet, many practices claim there is a growing need for workflow
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There are two major reasons to get started with a new medical billing software, and there is no better time to start than this New Year. Reason 1: You are ready to do more! Hit the ground running this January with claim based reporting by implementing a solution that meets all of your quality reporting
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CMS has recently released MACRA’s final rule for the newest Quality Payment Program, which begins January 1, 2017. The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act will take the place of the EHR Incentive Program for Medicare Eligible Professionals. MACRA allows the EP four different reporting options instead of one, to ensure physicians do not receive