Month: February 2017

Pick lists can provide more accurate information during patient visits, which makes for more accurate diagnosis and prescription information in the EHR or practice management system. Also known as drop-down lists, these selections are ubiquitous features in EHRs and order entry systems. Pick lists are designed to save time and make care safer in all settings

Physician billing is arguably the most crucial non-patient-related operation in your practice. Revenues suffer when it’s not done well. Most physicians have a general understanding of how the medical billing process works: Patient information is entered into the EHR. CPT and ICD-10 codes from the bill are entered into the patient’s record. Claims are transmitted

Pat Byrnes is an entrepreneur running her company since 1994 specializing in medical consulting, medical billing and accounting. We recently reached out to Pat to get her insight on medical billing. Here’s what she had to share: Tell us your story. How did you get into medical billing? What’s your professional background? I originally started

As physicians become more comfortable with EHRs and see their benefits for patients (including an up-to-date record with full history a mouse-click away to any provider in a health system), they are increasingly interested in best practices related to upcoding and cut and paste. In-depth advice on the former was released earlier this year by

To put it politely, there are still many opportunities for all healthcare players to more fully exchange information. In 2016, some of the largest healthcare systems and a variety of health IT companies agreed to sign the interoperability pledge. The pledge is one part of “A Way to Connect Health and Care for the Nation,”