CMS Medicare EHR Incentive Program Deadlines
It’s time to check in on the CMS Medicare EHR Meaningful Use Incentive Program timetable:
October 3, 2011. The last day for eligible professionals to begin their 90-day reporting period for calendar year 2011 for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program is 10/3/11.
December 31, 2011. The reporting year for eligible professionals ends on 12/31/11.
February 29, 2012. If [...]
Sage AND Emdeon Both Get Sold Prior to 5010 Deadline
Here they go again!
As reported just this morning, Sage has disposed of its U.S. Healthcare Division. Who will own your Medical Manager support contract next? Vista Equity Partners, a private- equity firm. And, if you didn’t read about it back in August, Emdeon has also been sold off to a DIFFERENT private equity firm called [...]
ZirMed/Harmony Healthcare IT Case Study: Claims Efficiency Improved for 13-Location Medical Network
Medical Specialists Centers of Indiana (MSCI) is one of the Midwest’s largest healthcare clinical groups, with 60 physicians deployed at 13 locations across all of northern Indiana. The practice averages 16,000 patient encounters per month, encompassing specialties from pediatrics and dermatology to endocrinology, pulmonary medicine and even sleep diagnostics. Such a diverse network requires a [...]
Meaningful Use for The Medical Manager(R) software
Are you a medical practice looking to demonstrate meaningful use of an electronic health record (EHR) that interfaces to The Medical Manager(r) software? If so, we can help. We offer an affordable EHR that seamlessly interfaces to Medical Manager and protects your investment.
Harmony Healthcare IT has worked with Medical Manager users since the early 1980’s. [...]
Medical Manager Training and Support
Training and Support for The Medical Manager software. The Medical Manager is a registered trademark of Sage. Harmony Healthcare IT is in no way affiliated with Sage.
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.
Year End Close for The Medical Manager Software
Many physician offices that we support using The Medical Manager practice management software will conduct a fiscal year end close in the coming days.
We have developed a set of instructions for Medical Manager users to follow for a successful year end close. Instructions for closing include
a year end report checklist
comprehensive year end close instructions
recommended year [...]
Fort Wayne Medical Manager User Meeting a Success
We’re happy to report that a successful Medical Manager User Meeting was
held in Fort Wayne, IN yesterday.
Customers in that area who use The Medical Manager software had suggested
that a group convene to network and share experiences like they had done in
years past. Harmony Healthcare IT was happy to coordinate the meeting
details and bring everyone [...]
Have you found your happy place?
Did you establish a relationship with Harmony Healthcare IT because you were frustrated with the service level received by your last vendor?
Hopefully, our team has taken the quality of your support services up a notch or two (or even three). If you have a story to share about the “happy place” you’ve found with Harmony Healthcare IT, [...]
Reduce patient no-shows with appointment reminders
If you’re looking to increase patient attendance rates, you may want to investigate an automated patient reminder system that integrates with your practice management system. These types of solutions are proven to reduce patient no-shows.
How do they work?
The automated patient appointment reminder software creates a message for each of your patients that has a scheduled [...]
Medical Manager support draws accolades
Let there be no doubt about it — customer service is our primary focus. You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers. You have issues, we can resolve them. We are all about relationships, responsiveness and results.
Here’s what one customer — Christy, a Medical Manager practice management software user from a plastic surgery practice in Nebraska – wrote to [...]
Support for The Medical Manager(r) software
Following release of the news that Sage Software laid off 235 of their employees, we have received a good number of calls asking if we support The Medical Manager(r) by Sage. We do.
Many of us here at HHIT have spent the better part of our careers using, developing, implementing, training and supporting Medical Manager. Now, [...]
Disaster waiting to happen?
As storms hit the Midwest, it’s a good idea to be ready should lightning strike. At a minimum, that means doing a daily backup with media that is replaced at least annually.
As a safeguard, store the media for your medical practice in an offsite fire-proof safe.
We can restore your data from a reliable backup. Want to verify that your daily backup [...]