The shift from ICD-9 to ICD-10 coding has resulted in significant backlogs for many medical practices. A reliable ICD-10 code search tool can help alleviate those backlogs, but only if you select the right program. We’re looking at the top ICD-10 code search tools, reviewing them one by one so you can better understand what
If you’ve followed our extensive reviews of medical billing software programs, you know that we’ve ranked the top eight options and are reviewing each one in depth so you can make an educated choice for your practice. Now that we’ve covered the second through seventh contenders, we’re going to the top of the pile and
In a recent letter in the Journal of the American Medical Association, physicians described the unrealized potential of EHR technology and their colleagues’ general unhappiness with these systems.
“There is building resentment against the shackles of the present EHR; every additional click inflicts a nick on physicians’ morale. Current records miss opportunities to harness available data and predictive analytics to individualize treatment. Meanwhile, sophisticated advances in technology are going untapped,” they wrote.
Is it time to separate your practice from your current software? Many practices are re-evaluating their systems, some of which have been in place long before Meaningful Use. This series will explore the process of making the switch.
Insurance and government rules and regulations have certainly clouded the healthcare landscape over the past year or so, and with such clouding has come to rise of unclean claims for healthcare providers. Essentially, an unclean claim is one that requires a healthcare provider or patient to jump through extra hoops in order to provide information
Smaller physician-owned practices have a lot to contribute to the healthcare conversation, even when practice consolidation and hospital ownership are the name of the care delivery game in many areas. This insight comes not from a lonely rural practitioner, but from Dr. Farzad Mostashari, former national coordinator for health information technology at the US Department
How much patient information can you share with…your patient? And does your support staff know the answer? Patients’ access to their own health information is a cornerstone of HIPAA, the intent of which is to protect the privacy and security of identifiable health information. However, HIPAA has generated plenty of confusion as to who has
You don’t need a cadre of studies to tell you that physicians in private practice have to handle more administrative chores than ever. More notable, a recent study found that administrative duties are the top stress producer for most physicians. Data entry and reporting tasks associated with care coordination, value-based purchasing, ICD-10, and population health
Health and Human Services and the ONC are encouraging healthcare providers to adopt remote medicine in response to the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency. According to speakers at last month’s American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) State Legislative Conference, doctors should push insurers to pay them fairly for the care they provide electronically, said Dr.
Studies show that patients who feel empowered as decisionmakers in their own care feel more satisfied with that care and tend to have better outcomes. It’s also good for business: Engage patients, and they’re more likely to stay with your practice. The biggest challenge to patient engagement might not be access to health information, but
We recently looked at the pros and cons of buying a practice, or buying into one. But what if you’re on the other side of this transaction? Nationwide, many physicians are making the choice to sell their practices, often to larger medical groups or hospitals. They may enter into an employment agreement with the purchaser,
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