As 2013 came to a close, we looked back at the health-care information technology (IT) stories that most captivated the industry. Some were bad (because bad news makes headlines), but some were also good. Here are five topics we found most intriguing. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) faced a class-action lawsuit over the theft of 60 million medical records. Allegations... Read More
Choosing the Right EMR Choosing the right electronic medical record (EMR) can make or break a medical practice. That said, there are still a number of health-care providers who often make the wrong choice. The reason: When choosing an EMR, it’s important to know how the system collects patient data, improves reimbursement, and reduces transcription costs, to name a few.... Read More
The go-live deadline for ICD-10 isn’t until October 2014, but some health-care businesses are ahead of the curve – and so they may offer some good advice intended for other practitioners. Start early on. While many health-care businesses are ahead of the curve with ICD-10 setup, with plans to start up ICD-10 codes and let doctors use them as early... Read More
Understanding the Full Value of ICD-10 ICD-10 are a set of new medical diagnostic codes that will be used beginning October 1, 2014, but a new study shows that many health-care providers still don’t understand the value of these codes. The study, conducted by eHealth Initiative and the American Health Information Management Association, shows that many health-care providers are focusing... Read More
Making up the Meaningful Use Level 2 Conundrum Health attention, that has always been structured on the doctor-patient connection is facing an obstacle in the era of meaningful use stage two: How would you reconcile the value of in patient-doctor interactions with the requirement of standardized set up data capture? For a lot of health-care providers, the start of meaningful... Read More
If you’re seeking to improve your financial performance, adding another provider or payer isn’t the only option; optimizing claims and collections could work just as well if not better. Here are five ways to do that. Review your fee schedule. Believe it or not, some practices aren’t capturing all of the revenue to which they’re entitled. Compare your fee schedule... Read More
Reaching Stage 2 is consequently a lot more difficult than obtaining Stage 1. According to some reports, many health care providers will probably get caught off guard. Various thresholds will increase substantially in Stage 2, thus health-care providers who happen to be not yet accustomed to performing at levels chosen in Stage 1 might have a hard period operating or... Read More
Did you know that the new HIPAA Privacy and Security final rule came into effect March 26? The rule, more commonly known as the HIPAA Omnibus Rule brings about a drastic change in the way practices are supposed to handle breach notifications. This change is something you should be aware of. Under the old rule, when a data breach occurred,... Read More
How should you spend your meaningful use incentive? There are no federal rules specifying how health-care providers must spend their meaningful use incentive checks, but most are using it to either pay down debt incurred in qualifying for meaningful use or fund more information technology (IT) growth. According to The Advisory Board Company, Medicare-eligible health-care providers received an average about... Read More
Virtual Assistants are in High Demand for Physicians 80 percent of U. S i9000. doctors believe virtual co-workers would drastically change that they use electronic medical data (EMRs) within five years, thereby freeing time to get these to spend with people. That information came coming from a survey conducted simply by Nuance Communications, a talk recognition company that features brought... Read More
