ZirMed for EDI with The Medical Manager(r) software
Frustrated with the clearinghouse managing your claims submitted through The Medical Manager(r) software? There is an alternative. Many of the medical practices that we support using Medical Manager have switched over to ZirMed for claims submission, eligibility, electronic remittance advice, and more.
Here’s what one of our supported Medical Manager user sites, an orthopedic [...]
Legacy Identifiers No Longer Accepted by Anthem BCBS
According to the Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Network Rapid Update dated 02-13-09, if claims are submitted electronically with legacy identification numbers — even if they also include the National Provider Identifier (NPI) — they will be rejected and will need to be sent back with only the correct NPI. Legacy identification numbers include but [...]
Electronic Remittance Advice Eliminates Manual Claims Posting
The days of manually posting payments and adjustments to the patient accounts in your practice management system CAN be over. By receiving electronic remittance advice (ERA) from payers, your medical practice can streamline its daily posting routine and even print patient EOBs on-demand from the web.
An ERA is an electronic explanation of payment from [...]
Stimulus Demands Quick Rollout of EMR
If your practice is looking to gain maximum financial incentives under the federal economic stimulus package then now is the time to begin planning the roll out of electronic health records. This is the advice of H. Stephen Lieber, president and CEO of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), as reported by HealthData [...]
$19.2 Billion for Healthcare IT
Today, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, H.R. 1.
His signature will provide over $19 billion for health IT. These funds are intended to help stimulate the economy, increase investment in health IT, build a strong IT infrastructure for health care, and expand job growth.
As reported by HIMSS, [...]
Government Database to Hold Every American’s Personal Medical Records
The final version of the stimulus bill includes a provision creating a federal database that will hold personal medical records for every American, reports Fred Lucas, staff writer, on CNSNews.com. Read the full article.
Stimulus Bill to Provide $19 Billion to HIT
There has been a lot of discussion over the final stimulus bill and how it might affect health care information technology (HIT). It looks as if the final bill will allocate $19 billion to speed up the adoption of health care information systems by doctors and hospitals.
The infusion of funds is aimed at saving even [...]
Tom Daschle Withdraws
As reported on washingtonpost.com, Tom Daschle has withdrawn from the process to become secretary of Health and Human Services. He cites distractions following his failure to pay back taxes in excess of $140,000. President Barack Obama has accepted Daschle’s decision to withdraw.
Daschle had been appointed to two posts — both HHS secretary and health care [...]