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published November 25, 2014

Will the EHR EMR that I Purchase be Certified for Stimulus Payments?

The EHR funding available under the recently passed Stimulus Act requires “meaningful use” of a “certified EHR”.  How do I know if my EHR will qualify? Some are assuming that …

published November 25, 2014

EHR Stimulus Payments

The Economic Stimulus Package signed into law today by President Obama includes the substantial EHR incentive payments to providers. Following are the EHR annual payments, depending upon whether or not …

published November 25, 2014

ePrescribing in the News Again

ePrescribing continues to make the news.  One reason is the HHS/Medicare program that offers an additional 2% but there are more reasons. MSN recently published another story on the benefits …

published November 25, 2014

Medicare ePrescribing Payments

HR 6331, which became law in July, includes additional reimbursement to providers using ePrescribing beginning in 2009. The new law adds 2% to “the allowed charges under this part for …

published November 25, 2014

Medicare Physician Payments

Update from Julie Hart with Congressman Gonzalez’ Office As you know, a 10.6% reduction in Medicare physician payments is scheduled for July 1, 2008.  Last week, the House overwhelmingly passed …

published November 25, 2014

Sevocity® EHR Achieves Pre-Validation Certification for Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) from NCQA

Sevocity is one of fewer than 20 EHRs to be certified by NCQA for PCMH San Antonio, TX – November 18, 2014 Sevocity, a division of Conceptual MindWorks Inc., announced …

published November 25, 2014

Practical Advice From the Practice Trenches

Synopsis of  “Improving Your Bottom Line” Conference Presentation by Debbie Khan, Practice Manager for Golden Triangle Family Care Center Operations/Compliance Manual: Create an Operations Manual (multiple copies if needed) that …

published November 25, 2014

Could You be Sued for NOT Using an EHR?

There’s no evidence of a provider being sued (yet) for not using an EHR – but could it happen? I often receive actual patient charts (with the PHI redacted) to do …

published November 25, 2014

How Can Your EHR Vendor Improve Your Go-Live?

A recent survey pointed to some best practices for Go-Live – how can EHR vendors help? The study published by Medical Economics pointed to several EHR Go-Live best practices in the areas of …

published November 25, 2014

Making EHR Easier

A recent survey of physicians found that 85% of those that disliked their EHR were spending more time documenting visits and 66% are seeing fewer patients. If it is taking …