http://blog.harmonyhit.com Healthcare Information Technology Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:52:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Looking for an electronic health record solution that will allow you to KEEP your Medical Manager practice management software?  Look no further.  Join Harmony Healthcare IT for a webinar on Thur., 2/16/12 at 11am EST for a 30-min. overview on how to achieve EHR meaningful use using The Medical Manager software. WEBINAR:  EHR ... http://blog.harmonyhit.com/2012/02/06/ehr-meaningful-use-for-the-medical-manager-practice-management-software/ MGMA sent a letter to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, regarding the major payment disruptions medical practices are experiencing as a result of the transition to the HIPAA Version 5010 electronic transactions standard on Jan. 1. Along with examples of problems practices have been ... http://blog.harmonyhit.com/2012/02/06/mgma-to-hhs-5010-causing-payment-issues-for-medical-practices/ Ohio will reportedly spend $1 million to help 50 of its primary care facilities transition into patient-centered medical homes, a new care model that encourages the family doctor to better coordinate with specialists and others to improve a patient's health. These facilities will also serve as a training ground for ... http://blog.harmonyhit.com/2012/01/26/ohio-to-invest-1m-in-patient-centered-care/ If 2012 promises anything for physicians, it's a year full of IT challenges.  Whether it's Version 5010 compliance, the achievement of EHR meaningful use or the sharing of data with HIEs and ACOs; there will be some work to do on the technology front.  The problem is that many physicians don't employ a ... http://blog.harmonyhit.com/2012/01/18/need-skilled-affordable-it-personnel-outsource-it/ According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), 18,619 eligible professionals registered for the Medicare or Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs last month.  That brings total registrations during 2011 to 124,089 EPs for Medicare meaningful use and 39,503 EPs for Medicaid meaningful use.  For 2011, over $2.5 billion was paid out in ... http://blog.harmonyhit.com/2012/01/13/cms-meaningful-use-registration-december-2011/ Fierce Health IT has published a couple of articles about the movement of healthcare providers to cloud computing.  The articles were spurred by a recent report from KLAS Research.  Here is an excerpt from their editor's corner: In a survey that ran the gamut from small clinics to 1,000-bed hospitals, KLAS ... http://blog.harmonyhit.com/2012/01/10/ehr-meaningful-use-to-the-cloud/ The Version 5010 (ASC X12 Version 5010) deadline was 1/1/12, but, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will not initiate enforcement action until 4/1/12. CMS made this decision based on industry feedback that many organizations and their trading partners were not yet ready to finalize system upgrades to ... http://blog.harmonyhit.com/2012/01/09/version-5010-cms-90-day-enforcement-discretion-period/ We are hosting a sweepstakes on Facebook! Enter and you may win $100 in office supplies for your medical practice. Invite your fellow Facebook Physicians or Office Managers to enter and increase YOUR chances of winning. If THEY win, YOU win too! Winners will receive a $100 gift card from OfficeMax that is ... http://blog.harmonyhit.com/2011/12/23/enter-to-win-100-in-office-supplies-for-your-medical-practice/ Still running your system backup to tapes? Now, there’s a quicker, more secure way to safeguard your data. The new process is tapeless. We compress, encrypt and secure your data each night. No more tapes. No more waiting. Streamline your backup routine. Harmony Healthcare IT can educate you on this newer technology.  Call ... http://blog.harmonyhit.com/2011/12/20/sign-up-for-automated-backups-by-123111-at-a-discounted-rate/ The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has expanded and enhanced its online presence by debuting a new look and feel for CMS.gov, and launching a brand-new site for the Medicaid program, Medicaid.gov.  CMS says these changes come in response to what users have said they wanted to be able to do ... http://blog.harmonyhit.com/2011/12/06/a-new-face-for-the-cms-website/ A new report that surveyed over 200 radiologists about the meaningful use of electronic health records has recently been released from vendor research firm KLAS Enterprises. KLAS partnered with the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) to survey over 200 radiologists. Here are some hi-level findings from the survey respondents: 60% plan ... http://blog.harmonyhit.com/2011/12/01/radiologists-and-meaningful-use-a-klas-report/ CMS has developed a web tool to help providers determine in which EHR Incentive Program they are eligible to participate. The tool can be found on the CMS EHR Incentive Programs website: http://www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms. Check it out. Here are some basics: Incentive payments for eligible professionals are based on individual practitioners. If you are ... http://blog.harmonyhit.com/2011/11/14/cms-meaningful-use-eligibility-widget/ Where do Medical Manager users stand for 5010 readiness in light of (yet another) corporate sale? Vista Equity Partners today announced it has completed its acquisition of the Sage Healthcare Division from The Sage Group plc in an agreement that was announced on September 22, 2011. The new company will be ... http://blog.harmonyhit.com/2011/11/10/medical-manager-users-5010-ready/ Harmony Healthcare IT corporate partner Medical Informatics Engineering (MIE), based in Fort Wayne, IN, recently announced that The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates (GW-MFA) is utilizing its WebChart EHR to collect, track and manage medical information gathered from field physicals in the Middle East. The project gives physicians the ability to ... http://blog.harmonyhit.com/2011/10/28/webchart-ehr-manages-military-physicals-and-maritime-medicine-worldwide/ Will your practice keep or replace Medical Manager to comply with 5010/ICD-10 and to achieve EHR Meaningful Use? Either option works. We know because we’ve helped thousands of other Medical Manager users nationwide make the decision. See our Medical Manager User Community Welcome Video Join our ever-growing community of Sage Medical Manager ... http://blog.harmonyhit.com/2011/10/27/online-community-for-medical-manager-users/ Attestations and payments for Meaningful Use of electronic health records, while off to a slow start, are starting to increase in volume.  Year-to-date, under the Meaningful Use program, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services payouts are just under $400 million.  A recent article in Fierce EMR breaks down the number of ... http://blog.harmonyhit.com/2011/10/20/ehr-meaningful-use-payments-increasing-steadily/ With less than 90 days until the end of 2011, providers who are eligible for stimulus funding from the CMS EHR Incentive Program should already be in the midst of their attestation period. To qualify for meaningful use funds in 2011, you must report stage 1 meaningful use compliance for a ... http://blog.harmonyhit.com/2011/10/17/still-time-to-get-ehr-meaningful-use-stage-1-dollars/ The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is reminding eligible professionals and group practices that the deadline to request a hardship exemption for the 2012 Medicare Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program adjustment is November 1, 2011. Providers should determine if they are subject to the 2012 eRx payment adjustment by reviewing the ... http://blog.harmonyhit.com/2011/10/05/erx-incentive-program-deadline/ All data has a lifecycle.  Protected healthcare information also comes with some rigid retention requirements.  That means that when your medical practice moves from one practice management system to another, legacy health records must be retained in their full integrity. Is your medical practice at risk?  Have you been so focused on "moving forward" to ... http://blog.harmonyhit.com/2011/09/29/health-record-retention-legacy-practice-management-system/ 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 ... http://blog.harmonyhit.com/2011/09/27/medicare-ehr-meaningful-use-deadlines/