5010 & ICD-10 Are Coming — Are You Ready?
ZirMed, our revenue cycle management partner, has made an online ”5010 Resource Center” available to you. The site includes
an overview of the HIPAA Version 5010/D.0 final rule
the key decision that your practice will need to make regarding 5010
ZirMed’s role in helping you comply with the 5010 mandate
which transactions will be affected
steps to ensure the readiness of [...]
Medicare Issuing EHR Meaningful Use Incentive Checks
This week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will start issuing the first Medicare incentive checks for meaningful use of electronic health records.
Providers receiving meaningful use incentives will be paid the same way they receive payment for Medicare services, either through an electronic funds transfer or paper check. Payments will appear on the bank [...]
36 Percent of Office-based Physicians are E-Prescribing
According to a Surescripts report, e-prescribing is now used by 36 percent of office-based physicians in the U.S.
The number of prescribers routing prescriptions electronically grew from 74,000 at the end of 2008 to 234,000 by the end of 2010 - representing 34 percent of all office-based prescribers and 36 percent of office-based physicians. E-prescribing adoption [...]
Medical Manager Users Forum
Harmony Healthcare IT has launched a new website specifically for users of Sage Medical Manager called medicalmanagerusers.com. The purpose of the website is to provide a resource center for practice managers who need to decide whether to keep or replace Sage Medical Manager in order to comply with 5010/ICD-10 mandates and/or to achieve meaningful use [...]