Obama puts ICD-10 regulation on hold for review
As reported in Modern Healthcare by HITS Staff Writer Jennifer Lubell:
HHS’ implementation of ICD-10 and several other rules issued last week could potentially be delayed, as the White House proceeds with a review of any new or pending regulations issued under the Bush administration.
A memorandum released by White House Chief of Staff Rahm [...]
Support for The Medical Manager Software
At Harmony Healthcare IT, in addition to our many service offerings to technically support healthcare organizations, we have come to support a good number of medical practices that use The Medical Manager(r) software for practice management.
Typically, the software was purchased and installed in the 1980’s by a Medical Manager dealer. Over time, through an IPO [...]
January Webinar Schedule
Harmony HIT will host several webinars this month:
January 20, 2009 at 10am EST Medicare Incentive E-Prescribing Webinar
January 29, 2009 at 10am EST Automated patient reminders
January 29, 2009 at 2pm EST Medicare Incentive E-Prescribing Webinar
Please contact Harmony Healthcare IT directly for access to these events.
Reference Document for Medicare E-Prescribing Incentive
The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA) authorized the Medicare E-prescribing Incentive Program beginning in 2009 to promote adoption and use of e-prescribing systems.
Now that we’ve rung in the New Year, we have received a number of calls asking where physicians can get information regarding the Medicare e-prescribing initiative.
If you’re an [...]
Patient No-Shows Can Significantly Decrease Revenue
What is your practice’s patient no-show rate? For the average family practice, patient no-shows can escalate to 30%. That can equate to a substantial decrease in billing revenue.
What’s an effective strategy to protect that loss of revenue? Automated reminder calls.
To reduce the number of patient no-shows at your practice, employ the use of an [...]