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Most medical practitioners originally trained in their subject in order to heal and help the sick.  Yet, an increasing number of those involved in the healthcare industry have discovered that they are expected to devote much of their time to organizing and coordinating their... Read More

There are incentives to participating in MU as many physicians are aware. There are also penalties for not participating as well.   The question is “Can you afford the long term penalties and continue to sustain a successful practice?” This is an eight sided coin problem, as one... Read More

How can you define what benefits you will receive from MU?  Well monetarily there are incentive payments for adoption and use of a certified EHR and reporting on each of the required measures. A second monetary benefit is cost savings realized with a successful implementation of... Read More

As multitudes of practices rushed to attest for MU, it was not as simple as originally thought it would be. There was push back from several users on the workflow changes that had to happen to implement capturing the required data to be submitted. This frustration stemmed from... Read More

Being very pro EHR/EMR means constantly looking for ways in which EHR’s can help your practice by improving workflow, enhancing documentation, meeting meaningful use guidelines that can add revenue to your practice.  However, realistically, there is the A word that needs to... Read More

Core Measure Objectives Incorporated Stage2 differences to Stage 1.. These modifications where measures have been combined or eliminated are great news. This will help with minimizing physician and staff time having to track some of these measures. A few of them are completed by... Read More

Core Measure Objective 1 Stage-2 differences to Stage 1 Covering each Core objective as well as the Menu Objectives and work our way to the Clinical Quality Measures (CQMs) is the goal of this and subsequent blogs. Core Objective 1 Stage 1 is written as: The measure for Stage 1... Read More

Stage 1: The main focus or objective was Electronic Health Record (EHR) adoption and electronically capturing health information in a standardized format. Also, to use that information for better care coordination and to initiate the reporting of clinical quality measures and... Read More

Of course everyone is making predictions about what 2013 holds for the healthcare industry. And however you slice the pie…..the following topics are sure to be on the list. IT holds almost everyone’s attention right now as we move closer and closer to full... Read More