by Mary Pat Whaley | May 30, 2010 | Electronic Medical Records, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
Note: read my latest post on getting the EHR Incentives here. Medicare Definition of Eligible Provider (EP) For Medicare, physicians and some hospitals are eligible providers. “Physicians” includes doctors of medicine (MD) or osteopathy (DO), dentists or...
by Mary Pat Whaley | May 9, 2010 | Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations, Electronic Medical Records, Headlines
With so much going on in healthcare, it would not surprise me if a lot of practices missed the February 2010 deadline for three expanded HIPAA rules. This expansion was dictated by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act passed...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Mar 31, 2010 | Electronic Medical Records
Everyone is waiting for the other shoe to drop on Medicare payments. Private practices may not have the in-house expertise to implement an EMR and may not be able to afford a consultant (although some states are receiving grants to help practices – check your...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 28, 2009 | Electronic Medical Records
Dear Readers: Here’s an email I got today asking me to publicize this poll to my readers. I thought it was interesting, so here it is. I look forward to the results. Hi Mary Pat, Here at Software Advice, we’ve been getting a lot of questions about the...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 5, 2009 | Day-to-Day Operations, Electronic Medical Records, Finance, Medicare & Reimbursement
BUILD ON WHAT YOU’RE CURRENTLY DOING: 1. Add physician hours – add evening or weekend hours; start your office hours earlier and end hours later. 2. Reduce physician time off – decrease vacation or change weekly days off to 1/2 days off. 3. Set a...
