Posts under ‘Electronic Health Records’

The mean-sided part of us says 1 in 6 doesn’t think their electronic health record software will meet the 2011 deadline, according to a federal government-funded report of 1,400 health care providers.

Meanwhile, who knows how many of the positive ones really won’t be working. Quite a few we suspect, meaning the real number is [...]

The Huffington Post tells a a toe of woe. One worth repeating because it cost a nine-physician Florida practice more than $400,000 to learn it.
Robert Cameron told the website his practice bought an electronic medical records system from Acermed, a California company. The EMR didn’t work well; in fact so badly the company was sued [...]

Some health care providers are asking if they’re spending all this money on an EHR, can they also save money by combining medical billing operations, too?
Good question, and one you need to get in front of before falling behind.
There are companies that are combining both operations. It makes sense. It gives health care providers one-stop [...]

Mergers just aren’t for major banks anymore. It seems many primary care practices are considering mergers because of EMR costs.
MedicalEconomics.com reports a number of practices are weighing whether to sell out to hospitals and major medical providers who can absorb the sometimes $1 million cost of EMR programs.
What’s that mean to medical claim processors? Depends. [...]

90210.
If you’re older than 30, that number makes you think of the evening soap opera from the ’90s that returned last year in its second generation.
Ironically, it’s almost the billing code for the H1N1 swine flu shot. Go figure. Somebody has a sense of humor. If only Tori Spelling would give me the injection.
The new [...]

We’re all hearing about the N1N1 (swine flu) pandemic fears. So what does it mean for your business?
It means EHR technology is moving along faster than expected to help combat the threat, says Dr. David Hunt, Chief Medical Officer for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
Agencies are rushing EHRs faster through [...]

Let’s face it – businesses either adapt or die.

Many companies were great at what they did and faded away. Stage coaches, telegraph wire and pony express riders were fantastic but you only read about them now in history books.

Medical claims is a great business. It gives you the chance to operate your own business, [...]

Many medical claims billers concentrate on — wait for it — billing! OK, not calling the New York Times with that revelation, but we’re overstating the obvious to make you realize how silly staying with just one thing really is.
Diversify. Rework the wheel and make more money. And today’s way of doing it — Electronic [...]