HIMSS Hosts Meaningful Use Seminars for Ambulatory Physicians
The Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is hosting a series of complimentary events to provide ambulatory physicians with information on achieving meaningful use. The focus of the sessions will be on growing revenue and avoiding penalties. Some of the agenda items are:
Eligibility and exclusion requirements
Medicare and Medicaid requirements for eligible providers
Overview of EHR Certification [...]
Archiving Medical Records in the Ambulatory Care Office
For ambulatory care system administrators who have migrated off of a legacy practice management system — you may be at risk!
That old practice management system contains individually-identifiable protected health information (PHI) that must be secured and archived. State and federal mandates dictate that PHI is stored for a minimum of 7-10 years.
Need more information? Join [...]
Automated Patient Appointment Reminders for Sage Medical Manager Users
For the average family medical practice, patient no-shows can escalate to 30%.
That can equate to a substantial decrease in billing revenue. Protect that potential loss by ensuring your patients show up — or at least provide adequate cancellation notice.
Want to learn more? You are invited to register for a webinar on Thursday, 9/15/11, at 11am [...]
Less than 90 Business Days to Be 5010-Compliant
As of 01/01/12, only claims submitted electronically in the 5010 format will be accepted. That means your practice has less than 90 business days to take action if you haven’t already!
Are you currently sending claims in the 5010 format so that your cash flow won’t be jeopardized in the new year? If you’re not, call Harmony Healthcare [...]
ZirMed Ranked by INC as One of Nation’s Fastest-Growing Companies
Harmony Healthcare IT’s revenue cycle management partner, ZirMed, has been named for the sixth consecutive year to the 2011 INC magazine ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. Beginning with the INC 500 and continuing with the INC 5000, ZirMed has become one of the few companies with such a record in the prestigious listing.
The INC [...]
The ZirMed Advantage for Revenue Cycle Management
Harmony Healthcare IT, a technology solution provider for healthcare organizations, has partnered with ZirMed for revenue cycle management.
Here are the Top 10 reasons healthcare providers choose ZirMed:
1. Total Solution – ZirMed is a total revenue cycle management partner, helping practices manage payer-based reimbursements and patient payments … in one solution. Clients can view and manage [...]
Collection Tips for Maintaining a Healthier Bottom Line
Are your patients struggling to pay their bills? In recent articles published on the topic, medical practices are reporting that upwards of forty percent of their patients are negotiating payment plans. That calls for tighter collection policies and reliable revenue cycle management tools. Here are some tips:
Collect upfront. As patient copays and deductibles become more significant, be sure [...]
To Keep or Replace Sage Medical Manager® to comply with ‘Meaningful Use’ and 5010/ICD-10? THAT is the Question.
Achieving meaningful use of an electronic health record (EHR) is not the only deadline facing medical practices. By federal mandate, in January of 2012, practices must process claims in the new 5010 format, a transaction standard that will support ICD-10 codes. And then, by October of 2013, practices must successfully convert to ICD-10, an expanded [...]
The Top 5 Challenges for Practice Managers
For four years now, medical practice professionals have responded to the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) about their biggest daily professional challenges, as well as their struggles to adapt their professions and practices to a time of rapid change, legislative pressure and fiscal uncertainty.
According to the MGMA 2011 “Medical Practice Today: What Members Have to [...]
CMS to Host “EHR Incentive Program Basics” for EPs on 7/14/11
On Thursday, July 14,2011, CMS will host “Medicare & Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Basics for Eligible Professionals” from 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EST. This session is intended for eligible professionals who are individual practitioners. Registration will close at 1:30 PM ET on Wednesday, July 13, 2011, or when available space has been filled. Some of the questions [...]
Stage 2 Meaningful Use Delays Backed by Mostashari
National health IT coordinator, Farzad Mostashari, has agreed with conclusions of the Health IT Policy Committee for delaying the start of stage 2 measures until 2014 for those providers attesting to meaningful use in 2011 or 2012. The reason? Timelines for implementing the next set of EHR functionality and updating systems is simply not feasible.
If you have not yet [...]
Research Says 50% of Surveyed Practices Will Buy EHR in Next 24 Months
A research firm out of Burlington, Vt. recently reported that half of 1,300+ surveyed physician group practices plan to buy an electronic health records (EHR) system within the next two years. 70 percent of the remaining group practices who say they’re not planning to purchase indicated that they already have an EHR.
It looks as if the EHR market will [...]
ZirMed Recognized as Member of Healthcare Informatics Top 100 for Fifth Consecutive Year
ZirMed®, Harmony Healthcare IT’s provider of revenue cycle management solutions, has been ranked as America’s 79th largest Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) company by revenue in Healthcare Informatics magazine’s 2011 Top 100 listing. The ranking marks the fifth consecutive year ZirMed has been included in the prestigious listing, fueled by a solid revenue growth to $51 million [...]
ZirMed Acknowledged by EHNAC and Participates in CMS HIPAA 5010 Testing Day
ZirMed, Harmony Healhcare IT’s provider of revenue cycle management solutions, has recently been recognized by the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), an independent, self-governing body which evaluates performance criteria for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), for achieving the requirements of the EHNAC HIPAA 5010 Readiness Assessment Program. Additionally, ZirMed was a major participant in the Centers for Medicare [...]
CMS Adds New EHR Meaningful Use FAQs
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released new frequently asked questions about the electronic health records meaningful use incentive program. The questions cover providing patients with an electronic copy of health information and counting patients not seen by the eligible provider.
The complete questions and answers are:
Question: To meet the meaningful use objective “provide [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
EHR Meaningful Use Attestation Opens April 18, 2011
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Electronic Health Records Incentive Program “meaningful use” verification period opens today. This allows providers who are demonstrating meaningful using of electronic health record (EHR) systems to submit for reimbursement as a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
There are three stages of meaningful use under the [...]
An Affordable, Web-based EMR
Hundreds of electronic health record vendors are marketing their products to physicians. How do you sort through the noise surrounding meaningful use incentives, conversion costs and the benefits for the practice to determine the solutions best for your environment?
We would like to suggest a few items for you to consider. When you do, we believe Medical [...]