The AMA reports that new legislation is proposing to extend the eligibility for EMR incentives to include licensed psychologists and clinical social workers. The Health Information Technology Extension for Behavioral Health Services Act also would expand the Medicare hospital incentive to include inpatient psychiatric hospitals, and extend Medicaid hospital bonuses to community health centers, mental […]
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If your medical practice accounts receivable is sapping your profitability, you may need a billing makeover. And if you’re not sure where to begin, consider enlisting the services of a company that specializes in medical billing management. Chicago Lake Shore Medical Associates, a multi-specialty physician group with 43 physicians, partnered with RMK Holdings’ medical billing […]
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Physicians have long suspected that part of the reason that the government and the insurance industry are so gung-ho about EHR adoption is to keep a closer eye on health-care providers. And here is an example of just that. A Blue Cross Blue Shield provider (Highmark) is developing quality measures for its providers (internists, family […]
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An article on Medical Business Resources points out the potential pitfalls of dropping an insurance plan without doing your homework. They cite a report by the Medical Group Management Association that found more practices were renegotiating or eliminating low-paying insurance plans this year than last – 56% compared to 50%. Most physicians probably make these […]
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A post on HealthAffairsBlog illustrates the case of a community in Delaware where the adoption of electronic medical records was spear-headed by the local hospital system, Christiana Care. But it also brings up three challenges that any community would have in trying to reach that same goal: How to we get everyone communicating on the […]
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Recently I wrote about a Harvard study that found evidence that physicians that use electronic medical records systems (EMRs) are less likely to be involved in a malpractice lawsuit. But regardless of whether your charts are better documented and therefore make you less of a target for a claim, does using EMR make you practice […]
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According to a report by Fierce Healthcare, a survey from the American Medical Association found that 95 out of every 100 physicians will be sued for malpractice sometime in their career. In addition, their 2007-2008 survey of almost 6,000 physicians across 42 specialties found that: About 2/3 of doctors aged 55 and older have been […]
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A neat post from Pediatric Inc demonstrates how a keen eye and an open mind can pick up some great business tips from seemingly unrelated industries. In this case, a pediatrician’s experience on JetBlue Airlines teaches him how customer service is done right and how it can be applied to a medical practice. Some of […]
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According to a study from Harvard University, physicians who use electronic medical records systems may be less likely to be sued. “When providers use electronic records in the outpatient setting, the likelihood of a paid malpractice settlement was about two-thirds as high,” said one of the lead authors, David Westfall Bates, MD, professor of medicine […]