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CMS Contract to Ensure Physician Incentive Payments
Hewlett-Packard Awarded CMS Contract to Ensure Physician Incentive Payments It was reported in October 2010 that Hewlett-Packard (HP) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…
What health insurance options do seniors have?Medicare? AARP?
Health Insurance Options for the ElderlyWhen it comes to the health insurance needs of elderly Americans, some folks believe that Medicare is fully sufficient coverage…
How do I control my off-site billing service?
Maintaining Control of an Off-Site Service One of the big concerns that medical practices have when it comes to hiring a remote service provider for…
No Time to Wait – Implement your EMR (Sooner is better!) $$$
No Time to Wait As most medical practitioners know by now, a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 relates to the…
EMR Obstacles – The Invisible Hoop
EMR Obstacles aka Jumping Through The Invisible Hoop When it comes to implementing an EMR (Electronic Medical Records) system there can be significant obstacles to…
Should I outsource my medical billing out of state?
From the Atlantic to the Pacific: Using an Out-of-State Medical Biller When it comes to organic produce, local is probably best. Looking for a plumber? …
How to Make the Most of Medicare Reimbursements in 2011
How to Make the Most of 2011 Medicare Reimbursement Every summer, medical practice office managers as well as physicians anxiously await the release of Medicare…
Credentialing – Keeping it In-House vs. Outsourcing
Credentialing: Keeping It In-House vs. Outsourcing Credentialing and recredentialing can be a major headache for many medical practices. The process can be tedious, time-consuming and…
Patient Collections in a Dicey Economy
Show Me the Money: Patient Collections in a Dicey Economy Anyone who has sat in the lobby of a medical office is well aware of…
EMR
Even with the need for an effective and trustworthy process for handling medical information, a comparatively small percentage of medical organizations have implemented electronic medical…
Upset over premium increases? Read on…
Thankfully, we have some news that does not include politics, what is or is not being built in Manhattan, the plugged oil well in the…
EMR Feature Alert | .MD
Does your current EMR Software Offer HIPPA Compliant | SECURE EMAIL FUNCTIONALITY? An August 11th article on iHealthBeat, Sending Text Messages to Teens With Diabetes…
Final Rule Analysis – EMR
Here’s my analysis of the key changes in the Final Rule: As we have recently stated, HHS has adopted the HIT Policy Committee recommendation to…
Are There EMR Incentives Outside of Medicare and Medicaid?
The short answer (at least for now) is not really. The ARRA EHR stimulus money is provided through Medicare and Medicaid programs as “bonuses”…
Meaningful Use
At a news conference on Tuesday, where speakers included HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, new CMS Administrator Donald Berwick, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology David…
Meaningful use
A recent report, (Ready or Not: On the road to the meaningful use of EHRs and health IT,) indicated 80% of hospital CIOs are concerned…