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Allscripts Welcomes Final Rule for Meaninful Use of Electronic Health Records - August 11, 2010
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CHICAGO, July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX) extended its support for the US Health and Human Services Department's release today of the final rule on "meaningful use" of an Electronic Health Record (EHR).
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The rule clarifies the requirements physicians must satisfy to earn financial incentives for automating and connecting their practices under the HITECH Act, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. The final rule was accompanied by a second rule setting standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for EHR technology in an effort to help physicians ensure their purchases will deliver the value the rule is designed to drive.
"Allscripts, representing our many clients, was pleased to be a participant in the Agency's development of the final rule, and believes that clear guidance can only help accelerate the use of information technology, which will ultimately transform the way healthcare is delivered," said Glen Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts. "This is a milestone for our industry and one that sends a clear message to physicians. The tipping point is here and the time to act is now. Physicians can make informed buying decisions with a clear view into what exactly will be required of them and the Electronic Health Record vendor they select. As the market leader, Allscripts is confident that our solutions will be certified to meet or exceed the standards set by the final rule, and we look forward to helping our clients achieve meaningful use and, more importantly, meaningful value from the use of their electronic health record."
Signed into law by President Obama on February 17, 2009, the HITECH Act authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide a reimbursement incentive for physician and hospital providers who demonstrate the "meaningful use" of an Electronic Health Record. The incentive payments -- ranging from $44,000 to $64,000 per physician over five years -- begin in 2011 and gradually phase down before penalties for non-EHR use are applied in 2015.
The final rule on meaningful use can be found online at: http://www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2010-17207_PI.pdf
The final rule on standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for EHR technology can be found online at: http://www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2010-17210_PI.pdf
Allscripts Stimulus Roadmap Webcast
Allscripts will host a webcast at 10 a.m. Central Time on Thursday, July 15, 2010 to review the final rule and provide a roadmap for physician practices hoping to qualify for ARRA incentive payments.
To register for the webcast, follow this link: http://www.allscripts.com/muwebcast715.
Later this month, Allscripts will host a series of more in-depth sessions on the Meaningful Use rules. To register for any of those sessions, follow this link: http://www.allscripts.com/muwebcastseries.
Additional Information on ARRA and Meaningful Use
Allscripts has recently deployed a number of resources to help physician practices demonstrate "meaningful use" and take advantage of the ARRA incentives:
■The Allscripts Stimulus Program provides physicians with a guarantee that the Allscripts Electronic Health Record they select will meet the HHS certification criteria for Electronic Health Records. Physicians can also benefit from the Allscripts financing program requiring no payments for software for six months, as well as programs focused on faster implementation to ensure physicians can access the Federal Stimulus incentives.
■The Allscripts Stimulus Center provides the latest information on ARRA, including frequently asked questions on Meaningful Use and Certification.
■The Allscripts Legislative & Regulatory Action Center is a place to learn about and take action on issues that are critical to the provider community, providing a simple, 'one touch' connection to elected officials.
■'Go' is a website designed for physicians and other providers who are considering deploying Electronic Health Records and other healthcare information technologies. Available at www.allscripts.com/go, the site provides easy access to best practices and success stories from the Allscripts client community of more than 160,000 physicians, 800 hospitals, and 10,000 post-acute care facilities.
About Allscripts
Allscripts uses innovation technology to bring health to healthcare. More than 160,000 physicians, 800 hospitals and more than 10,000 post-acute and homecare organizations utilize Allscripts to improve the health of their patients and their bottom line. The company's award-winning solutions include electronic health records, electronic prescribing, revenue cycle management, practice management, document management, care management, emergency department information systems and homecare automation. Allscripts is the brand name of AllscriptsMisys Healthcare Solutions, Inc. To learn more, visit www.allscripts.com.
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How Paperless Offices Work - August 11, 2010
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by Diane Dannenfeldt
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If you've ever spent too long hunting through stacks of paper for an invoice or searching through paper files, you may have wished for a paperless office. You wouldn't be alone.
As soon as computers began appearing on office desks more than 20 years ago, so did the idea of paperless, electronic communication. But despite all the time that's passed, most businesses are far from operating without paper.
The arguments for tossing the piles of paper are strong. By eliminating paper in file cabinets, for example, a company can create more room and reduce off-site storage costs. By exchanging information electronically with vendors and customers, a business can make information quickly accessible -- and conversely more private and secure through the use of encryption, passwords and other security measures. For some businesses -- like those in the healthcare industry, which are governed by the Health Insurance Portability and Privacy Act (HIPAA) -- paperless records may be a regulatory requirement.
But the process of going paperless can be daunting. There are the costs of new equipment and software to consider, as well as that of converting paper records into electronic files. And there are decisions about how to make the move and when, how much existing paper to convert, how to handle paper that continues to flow in from vendors and customers, how to get employees onboard with the idea and trained in new systems, and how to simply keep doing business as usual during the conversion.
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Add to that the fact that, no matter what, a company probably can't be completely paperless. Some papers -- like signed, sealed deeds and legally binding contracts, or paper records for audits and IRS tax filings -- need to exist in their original form for legal or financial reasons or, particularly in the financial services industry, to show regulatory compliance.
Still, many companies will agree that becoming paperless, or at least paper-less, is well worth the effort. In this article, we'll take a closer look at how you can move your company closer to paperless -- from possible steps in the transition process to the available technology. We'll also look specifically at document management and consider how you can make your home office paperless, too.
On the next page, let's look first at the benefits some companies have realized by going as paperless as they can.
Benefits of a Paperless Office
There are many benefits with a paperless office, beyond simply having less paper to deal with. While you're unlikely to have a completely paper-free office, electronic communication and other systems can eliminate much of it. Let's take a closer look at how this has benefited some businesses:
1.Reduced costs and quicker access to information. MajesticInvites.com is an eight-person company that designs online invitations. Being paperless saves the company about $100,000 per year on printing, mailing, paper and storage space, reports Alina Uzilov, the company's president. And because employees can access electronic documents more quickly than paper, they can almost instantly respond to customer questions or make their changes [source: Small Business Computing].
2.More space. When he got ready to switch locations after making his office paperless, real estate broker Ed Branson of Branson's California Property noticed that he didn't even have half as many file cabinets as before going paperless [source: Microsoft.com].
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Many doctors' offices are transitioning to electronic medical records.3.Document security and easy information sharing. Obstetrician Rose Kung, M.D., found storing and retrieving paper patient charts was time consuming for her practice at Women's College Hospital in Toronto. Switching to an electronic document management system reduced chart filing and finding time -- and improved security of patient information. Password protection at different levels limits the access that office staff have to the information. Kung can also send electronic copies of patient records to physicians anywhere in the world [source: A&L Computer Software Limited].
4.Ability to handle company growth. Transervice Logistics in Lake Success, N.Y., helps companies manage their delivery systems. The human resources staff found they had more than 30,000 pieces of paper to track and store in their 1,000 employee records. With that information now stored electronically, the department was able to handle the addition of 500 employees (potentially 15,000 more pieces of paper) without needing additional space.
5.Access anywhere and electronic prescriptions. South Shore Skin Care Center, near Boston, has switched to an electronic medical records (EMR) system from paper patient charts. With the EMR, doctors can access patient information from anywhere at any time. They can also send electronic prescriptions directly to pharmacies [source: dBusiness News].
6.Less paper in. A company plans to accept paper faxes from customers. However, the company uses electronic faxing to intercept those faxes, turn them into electronic documents and keep them from coming into the company as paper.
7.Less temporary paper. At dentist Kambiz Moin's office in Manchester, N.H., not only are patient charts electronic, but also patient arrivals. A patient who arrives for an appointment types his or her name in a waiting room computer and puts a finger on a biometric reader. Their arrival is then posted on the office computers, color coded to show an early, on-time or late arrival [source: Orthodontic Products Online].
8.8. Less paper out. Tax professional Joseph Anthony in Portland, Ore., files clients tax returns electronically, eliminating paper returns, and then turns the return into a PDF document that he gives the client on a rewriteable CD. The next year, the client brings back the CD to have another year's return added [source: Microsoft.com].
Taken one step at a time, moving toward a more paperless office doesn't have to be difficult. Go to the next page for some steps to put the process in motion.
Transitioning to a Paperless Office
If you're considering the transition to a paperless office -- or at least a more paperless office, you may be wondering where to start and what you'll need. Many companies offer document management systems, hardware, software and consulting services to help improve electronic communication on the road to having no paper. We'll look at some of those later in this article. For now, let's explore the process.
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Faxes can be sent electronically to individual computers instead of requiring hard copies.
Here are some decisions for you to consider before you start the transition to a more paperless office:
•How much of your paper do you want to convert? How far back do you want to go in converting paper files?
•How will you handle the paper that still comes in from vendors, partners or customers? Or, that you can't convert, like legal or tax-related documents?
•How expensive is new equipment or software, or both, and how does that fit your budget?
•What's your proposed process for going paperless and your time frame?
•How will you inform staff and get them to buy into the process so they accept the changes you want and don't slide back into heavy paper use?
•How much help do you need from outside? (This could be a consultant to manage the conversion process, a vendor for new equipment and software, a firm to do actual data conversion, a hosting service to move electronic files off site, security experts, or employee trainers.)
•How will you handle paper reduction on an ongoing basis? For instance, whose job will it be to scan and electronically file incoming paper?
Based on recommendations from experts and companies who have gone through the process, here are some basic steps for the transition process.
1.Commit to going to a paperless office, and convince staff to go along with it by explaining the advantages for each of them individually, and as a group, and involving them in the process.
2.Check your existing computer hardware to make sure it's robust enough to handle added applications and file storage. Make sure you have a reliable backup system for all the files you will be adding.
3.Analyze what you need and plan to accomplish. Think about what you're likely to need in the future with a growing business, as well as now. Think about which documents need to be accessed often or quickly, which need extra security, and which could be weeded out after a certain time.
4.Develop a transition plan and a timetable.
5.Start small with just a single department or area of our business so you can address any problems before broadening your scope.
6.Research the available tools to help you (document management systems, electronic faxing, scanners, data backup systems, security systems, document conversion companies, process consultants).
7.Select and arrange to buy the tools you plan to use. For software, consider fit with your needs, ease of use and implementation, cost, and integration with your existing systems. And don't neglect backup needs to keep electronic data from being lost.
8.Do a small test project; make any needed changes; and then move to the transition in your first department.
9.Develop a plan for ongoing company-wide use. Include a document storage plan for employees with specific guidelines.
10.Gradually take your paperless transition through the company.
Next, let's look at a key part of any paperless office -- the document management system.
Managing Digital Documents
Digital documents, like paper, need to be stored so they can be retrieved and used as needed. For a paperless office -- or more likely, a near paperless one -- you'll need a way to turn paper documents into digital, or electronic documents.
That type of communication transformation is handled by a document imaging system. Since not having paper is unlikely, you'll probably find an ongoing need to turn paper into electronic files. A document management system usually goes beyond that transformation to deal with all documents -- computer generated, as well as those that are faxed, scanned or e-mailed.
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To create a paperless office, documents can be scanned into digital format using a scanner.
The basic document imaging system consists of a scanner and software that allows paper documents to be scanned, converted to electronic images and saved in PDF, TIFF or other formats for storage on CDs, DVDs, a computer hard disk or a network server.
Most document imaging systems include optical character recognition (OCR). This allows the images to be recognized as text when saved as searchable PDFs or copied into programs like Microsoft Word or Excel. With OCR, you also can search for specific words or phrases within a scanned document.
Document management systems provide the electronic file cabinets and filing system tools. They combine data storage space with software that goes beyond document imaging to include functions such as audit trail and reporting tools, document expiration controls to delete documents at specified dates and Web-based document viewing.
More advanced document management systems offer extras such as:
•User authentication for increased security
•Automatic e-mail notification
•Digital signatures
•Data encryption for secure sending
•Custom keys that provide prompts for correct indexing
•Targeted solutions for industries such as health care, financial or manufacturing
•Multimedia filing, bringing together various types of files such as visual images, video, text and spreadsheets
If you have large quantities of paper documents to turn into electronic files or need help getting the job done quickly, you may want to outsource document imaging to a company like microMEDIA. One of the company's current on-site conversion projects includes OCR and fully searchable PDF files with more than 25 million images.
And if you don't have a robust enough server or want to store electronic files off site, many document imaging companies offer a hosted server solution. Web-based document hosting allows you to store or back up your files on their server and then access them securely anywhere, any time. The advantage is that valuable files are off site in case your company's server goes down or cannot be used on site, like during a hurricane.
Beyond your company's paperless needs, employees may have a home office. On the next page, we'll look at how to bring a paperless look to your home office.
Going Paperless at Home
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In a home office, it's possible to back up files to a computer rather than having stacks of paper. Whether you're a solo entrepreneur or a telecommuter working full or part time from home, there's no reason your home office can't be as paperless as possible. In fact, given limited space and available time, the move to electronic communication and reduced paper may be even more important at home than in a conventional office. Most of the same concepts apply, only on smaller scale.
Start your at-home push to paperless by taming your inner pack rat. No, you probably don't need marketing materials from five years ago or every scrap of paper related to completed projects. Reduce junk mail by calling 1-888-OPT-OUT (1-888-567-8688) to stop receiving credit card offers. Once you've cleared out the unnecessary, you can work to keep those newly cleared spaces clear permanently.
Next, switch to electronic with everything you can. Electronic banking eliminates statements and checks. Online credit card and financial statements knocks out more paper. Check to see what other accounts, like insurance, you can make online. The same goes for project proposals, resumés and invoices. When paper comes to the door, handle it once, and recycle or shred as much as you can immediately.
Make PDF documents of your receipts and save them online instead of printing out paper copies. Create an online filing system that's easy to understand. And develop a regular back-up system that you do at least weekly to make sure you don't lose important documents. A flash drive or CD can work, unless you have enough data to need an external hard drive for back-up.
Consider getting an inexpensive scanner, if you don't already have one, to scan and save receipts, contracts and other documents. If you need to return a signed contract and your employer or client is willing, you can scan the contract, sign it and fax it back. If not, you can at least scan and save the signed contract for your records.
Take that concept a step further, and consider signing up for electronic fax services. Several companies offer this service and accompanying software for as little as $40 per month. With electronic faxing, or Internet faxing, as it's sometimes called, you can send and receive faxes without a paper-using fax machine. Any document you create on your computer can be sent to a fax machine via e-mail or the Web.
Add a firewall and evaluate your software to make sure you have adequate security for your electronic documents and can protect them from cyber-thieves. If you think you need more, buy something more robust.
Work on one area at a time to gradually build to a nearly paperless office. Plan an annual end-of-year clean-out. Go through files, and move everything that simply needs to be stored onto CDs.
And accept the fact that some paper won't go away. Deeds, birth certificates, notarized documents and some tax-related items just need to be stored securely. Fortunately, by the time you've made the other changes, you probably won't need a large box to store the paper you've left!
Next, let's consider paperless office solutions beyond document management systems that can make a paperless office work better.
Paperless Office Solutions
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Electronic paper records allow users to access information from any device, including PDAs.While document management is an important part of the paperless office, other technology can help make the switch to electronic communication easier. If your goal is to eliminate paper, take a look at these options.
Data Back-Up -- For a paperless solution to work, a company needs the security of knowing digital documents are duplicated. This can be done through on-site back-up to a disk, hard drive or server. However, some less-used data can simply be archived, or stored on or off site for record keeping or in case it's needed at some point [source: Digital Assets].
Companies providing document hosting services frequently offer data archiving services. They may also offer data mirroring, in which an exact copy, or mirrored repository, of your database is kept off site so that your company can connect to it and use it at any time.
Electronic Faxing -- With electronic faxing, a company no longer needs paper-using fax machines. Incoming faxes are converted to digital images and sent to individual e-mail boxes. Similarly, documents created on the desktop can be sent to a fax machine via e-mail or the Web. Faxing also is more secure because paper copies can't be lost or left on a fax machine for everyone to see.
Security Solutions -- While electronic documents provide a level of security beyond paper on their own, you may want to go beyond the security offered as part of a document management solution. In choosing a security solution, consider the three main points of security: Does it provide confidentiality by protecting against unauthorized entry? Does it have integrity in that data within the device can't be altered? And does it limit availability by requiring authorization before the database can be used?
As technology advances, other solutions to the paper problem will undoubtedly emerge. One in development is Xerox Corp.'s electronic paper, which allows notations on thin digital displays with a stylus. The notations can either be erased or saved digitally. Another, Anoto Group's intelligent paper, also allows notations with a stylus, but using a magnetic ink. The notations appear on the paper and simultaneously on a computer screen.
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Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture: More than technology With Sencilo HealthIT Solutions eHealthcare Architecture, you can leverage the same productivity tools and technology resources that have transformed business. And you get a full portfolio of services too. By working with Sencilo HealthIT Solutions, you can get:
A dedicated customer team
A website customized for your institution
A full portfolio of robust solutions
Easy setup, implementation and maintenance
Simple ordering and delivery
Technology training
Flexible financing options
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services makes it easy.
In addition to providing high-quality technology at a low cost, Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional
Services can help you plan your healthcare computing from the ground up. By working with you from the initial construction phases, we can help you save time and money and lead to a truly customized solution.
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services offers complete services that include:
Design
Procurement
Installation
Training
Maintenance
Support
About Us
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions is a Florida-based integrator specializing in EHR Cost Cutting storage, security and managed services solutions. Sencilo delivers a comprehensive portfolio of products from best-of-breed hardware and software from multiple manufacturers including Allscripts, VMware, Dell Fujitsu EMC, Hitachi, Symantec, IBM, HP, Cisco, Microsoft, Gateway Sencilo has offices throughout Florida including: Orlando Lake Mary Daytona, Medical City solutions include Security "meaningful use" "meaningful usage" EMC HP IBM Quantum Compliance Gartner Magic Quadrant Quadrent LTO Daytona Beach Deland Melborne Tampa Clearwater, Dragon, Voice Recognition, Dragon Dictation
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HIPAA Compliant Physician Billing Services - July 13, 2010
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HIPAA compliant physician billing services ensure proper and timely reimbursement of claims. The customized billing services that established medical billing companies offer include insurance verification and authorization, charge entry, insurance collection, collection agency reporting, patient collection, cash posting and reconciliation.
Medical billing companies have a team of expert staff that works to maximize their claim reimbursements, minimize administrative expenses and meet HIPAA regulations. The procedure involves enrollment into the billing system, verification of insurance and authorizations, coding, billing and reconciling of accounts, and Accounts Receivable collections.
HIPAA Compliance for Document Security
Physician practices that outsource their billing tasks risk the loss of information privacy. With HIPAA compliant physician billing services, physicians can make sure that the privacy rights of their patients are protected. The medical outsourcing companies take extra security measures to provide complete security, privacy and confidentiality for the services they provide. For this, they streamline their structure, technical equipment and capabilities, and administration procedures according to HIPAA security norms. Some of the added benefits of HIPAA compliant physician billing services are:
• Periodic backup of data and critical facilities accessibility
• Technical evaluations are performed on a routine basis
• Secure workstations, storage facility and authorized access
• Firewalls and antivirus software on all systems are updated frequently.
Physician Billing Services – Save Time and Expenses
Medical professionals can reduce administrative expenses and maximize their claim reimbursements with physician billing services. Medical billing experts will effectively manage all their billing tasks, so that they can concentrate on their core business. Outsourcing is also a cost-effective way of managing their administrative tasks as physicians can save the expenses that would be needed for employing personnel for managing their medical billing procedures. Since every aspect of the billing procedure is effectively handled by the billing companies, physicians can be sure of getting their claims processed in a timely manner.
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Top 3 understated aspects of ICD-10 - July 13, 2010
Orlando Florida --
July 13, 2010 | Tom Sullivan, Contributing Writer
To many healthcare IT professionals the phrase ICD-10 is downright frightening. Mammoth in expanse and expense, the conversion, along with the requisite HIPAA 5010, is the stuff of Jungian nightmares, early retirement, or profound career changes.
The closer that the corresponding HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 compliance dates get – January 1, 2012 and October 1, 2013 respectively – the clearer the picture will become as well. But with 18 months left for HIPAA 5010 and about two-and-a-half years for ICD-10, many healthcare organizations are hazy about the mandates.
Given the complexity of both, and the fact that they are essentially best taken together, that's not at all surprising. Neither is the fact that with the deadlines ostensibly distant, there are many pieces of HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 that, as of today, have been rather understated.
Bearing that in mind, ICD10Watch compiled such a list.
1 Better patient care
The overarching and ultimate promise of ICD-10, yet one aspect that even this ICD-10-obsessed writer hears little about, is how it will improve patient care on scales both individual and international.
“If ICD-10 is utilized appropriately as it is in the rest of the world, the output is much more reliable information on outcomes,” says Jim Dugan, partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers. “Everyone would agree that having more detailed information could only help the research population in regards to looking at clinical trials. Certainly, looking at overall utilization of services that come out through the system is another added benefit of ICD-10.”
More granular codes, it follows, can be better analyzed to study health trends and yield more positive outcomes.
“The new code set will link the U.S. to all other industrialized countries identifying and managing health threats and outbreaks,” explains Tori Sullivan, a manager in Capgemini's healthcare division who also chairs HIMSS ICD-10 Task Force. “Most importantly, ICD-10 enables us to more quickly identify and resolve coding errors, thus improving the submitted data. The quality of our healthcare has the opportunity to improve as a result of ICD-10 data, improving both individual and national healthcare quality.”
2 The benefits of HIPAA 5010
Commonly viewed as a pesky EDI pre-cursor to ICD-10, the forthcoming HIPAA 5010 actually brings some 500 enhancements over 4010 and an overflowing handful of benefits, though these are currently poorly understood.
Even the folks at CMS (The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) basically buried its list of HIPAA 5010's advantages during the last National Provider Conference Call on the subject. Highlighting 7 benefits of HIPAA 5010 required CMS to be broad, as in “supports e-health initiatives now and in the future” and to be very specific, “provides infrastructure on ICD-10 and Present on Admission Indicator.” Others include: less ambiguity in the implementation guides, improved utility of the NCPDP standards, compliance with Part D requirements, and supports standardization of companion guides across the industry.
HIPAA 5010 will “offer consistency of processing for payers and clearinghouses,” that 4010 does not, Christine Stahlecker, CMS director of medical billing procedures, said during the provider conference call.
3 The possibility of “Minimum Compliance”
PricewaterhouseCoopers' Dugan says “the thing that I’ve not heard too many people talk about is the various ways of looking at ICD-10 from a minimum compliance perspective.”
Think of this as an approach in which healthcare organizations meet the mandate first, as required by law, then reap rewards later as doing so becomes strategic to heir business. How much later? That all depends. As does the nationwide effectiveness of ICD-10. “The question is: Will the provider community embrace that day one, or is that something that’s really not October 2013 but could be October 2016? And there’s a further migration strategy there,” Dugan adds.
Any possibility of minimum compliance is fast becoming a probability. Indeed, Deloitte in May said that, among its clients, the payers who were amid a move from ICD-10 assessment and into remediation found the task so much more challenging and expensive that they are adjusting their expectation from innovative to merely pragmatic, meaning they plan to adhere to minimum compliance, at least initially.
The downside to the legal bare minimum? “The longer it persists where we are taking a minimal approach, then you’re limiting the information you have available to you and it’s going to take that much longer to get some of the benefits where you can set best practices or compare doctors more easily,” says Cathy Veum, senior manager with Noblis health innovation unit. “Those things will come down the pike, but the more quickly you have the robust data the sooner that’s going to happen. If we drag this on and take the minimal approach it’s going to be many more years.”
Those are just three of the understated aspects of ICD-10. What others have you found?
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7/9/10 - CPMG selects Allscripts's electronic health record solution - July 9, 2010
Orlando Florida --
Jul 09, 2010 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) Central Penn Management Group, or CPMG, a physician management services organization, has selected the Allscripts's electronic health record for Physicians Alliance, or PAL, an independent multi-specialty group managed by CPMG.
CPMG will utilize the Allscripts READY package to accelerate implementation of the electronic health record (EHR) and integration with its existing Allscripts Vision practice management system.
The group also will implement Allscripts analytics to generate quality reports needed to help the physician group earn pay-for-performance rewards from insurers and to demonstrate meaningful use of the EHR, a requirement for physicians to qualify for EHR incentive payments under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Utilizing READY, CPMG expects to deploy the Allscripts EHR to all of the PAL providers within 12 months.
CPMG is in discussions with non-PAL practices about the possibility of providing access to the Allscripts EHR. CPMG will host the Allscripts EHR on its own servers to add more practices, in addition to supporting the practices on an on-going basis.
Lee Meyers, president and CEO of CPMG, said: "We selected Allscripts because the PAL physicians were very impressed with its usability and functionality. In addition, our central billing office is already using the Allscripts practice management system, which connects directly to the Allscripts EHR, so we won't have to buy a new billing system."
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Mental Health Data Breached in Maine - July 9, 2010
Orlando Florida --
HDM Breaking News, July 6, 2010
The University of Maine is notifying 4,585 current and former students after two servers holding information from the school's mental health and support counseling center were breached.
Data on the servers, covering students who sought counseling services between Aug. 8, 2002, and June 21, 2010, includes names, Social Security numbers and clinical information. "Any student or former student who visited the counseling center as a UMaine student since Aug. 8, 2002, should assume that he or she is in the affected database," according to a statement the university has issued.
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The university began an investigation on June 16 after staff members reported difficulty accessing server files. An archive server holding data from 2002 to 2005 was found to have been hacked as early as March 4. The hacker then used that server to access an active server holding all data from the past eight years.
Investigators have found no evidence that data was viewed or downloaded, according to the university. The school is offering those effected at least one year of free credit and identity theft prevention services. The university also will conduct a review to determine necessary security improvements.
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ONC Now Accepting EHR Certification Applications - July 9, 2010
Orlando Florida --
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has begun accepting applications from organizations that wish to be temporarily certified for using electronic health record systems.
The certification deems the health care providers eligible for federal funding as long as their EHR use falls under the ‘meaningful use‘ requirements, a set regulatory metrics established under the The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act that was passed in 2009.
While the rules have not yet been finalized, the guidelines for providers to fall under certification were proposed in March.
Carol Bean, a standards harmonization analyst for ONC, said that HHS has already received about 40 application inquiries and 14 requests for applications.
The organizations that fall under the requirements will be eligible to receive a portion of the $36 billion available under the legislation’s incentive funds.
With EHR technology certification, healthcare providers can be assured the adopted EHR technology has been tested and includes the required capabilities they need to use the technology in a meaningful way. The certification applications will potentially improve quality and efficiency in the healthcare system by establishing a level of continuity among EHR users.
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A dedicated customer team
A website customized for your institution
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In addition to providing high-quality technology at a low cost, Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional
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Sencilo HealthIT Solutions Professional Services offers complete services that include:
Design
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Installation
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Maintenance
Support
About Us
Sencilo HealthIT Solutions is a Florida-based integrator specializing in EHR Cost Cutting storage, security and managed services solutions. Sencilo delivers a comprehensive portfolio of products from best-of-breed hardware and software from multiple manufacturers including Allscripts, VMware, Dell Fujitsu EMC, Hitachi, Symantec, IBM, HP, Cisco, Microsoft, Gateway Sencilo has offices throughout Florida including: Orlando Lake Mary Daytona, Medical City solutions include Security "meaningful use" "meaningful usage" EMC HP IBM Quantum Compliance Gartner Magic Quadrant Quadrent LTO Daytona Beach Deland Melborne Tampa Clearwater, Dragon, Voice Recognition, Dragon Dictation
Network Backup appliance Data Recovery Backup Health IT Healthcare IT Digital Hospital Allscripts Patient Data electronic health record P4P rules and the HITECH Act PayerView Rankings practice management tools $44,000 in Medicare or $66,000 in Medicaid from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act eClinicalWorks, Allscripts, NextGen, GE Centricity, and Meditech Electronic Healthcare IT Medical Records EHR Clinical Practices eClinicalWorks Allscripts Florida EMR, EHR, electronic medical record, health, records, practice management systems solutions, medication services, PHR Otolaryngology, Orthopaedics, pediatrics, eprescribe, dermatology, electronic documention, CCI edits, CPT codes, ICD 9 Codes, ICD 10 codes, comploiance, electronic medical records, Pain Nuerosurgery, Urology, Ophthalmology, Cardiology, Billing, Appointment Scheduling, clinicalworks, eClinicalWorks, solutions for physicians, hospitals, clinical education and medical services Computerized Patient CPR, Order Entry, CPOE, Document Clinical Information Informatics, Computer-based, SOAP, HIT, Healthcare Encounter Forms, web based, online, clinical rules database, electronic prescribing, e-prescribing, eprescribing, athenaClinicals, certified EMR, certified EHR, HITECH Act VAR Reseller Dealer hipaa privacy doctor, healthcare performance management, data security, hosting, arra, free, InterFAX, MyWay, HIPPA, EasyPayMedicare, MedicAID, SureScripts, FNC, billing, superbill iMedica Tiger on Windows, eprescribe pqri simple practice management revenue cycle e-cw e-clinicalworks greenway emds nextgen ge sage athena epic klas Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition Google Health, Microsoft Healthvault Health Internet certified "meaningful use" violations HealthPresence Health Presence Sencilo “transformative” telemedicine medicaid medicare Seminole County Medical Society Orange county Orlando Medical News Trusted Advisor e-Prescription e-Rx CareTracker paperless scanning document storage hippa audits iscribe document scanning fi-6130 fi-6040 CCHIT ARRA surescript
How to choose an EHR after a demo - July 9, 2010
by Rosemarie Nelson, MS
Selecting an EHR is not just about the demo. But those EHR vendors sure do put a lot of focus on that demo! You need to get beyond the smoke and mirrors and consider how to use that focus to evaluate the solution as it meets your needs and requirements.
Before you even schedule any vendor demonstrations, write down your “must haves.” Can you identify your top 10 requirements?
For example, in one practice I work with, the system must track all pap smears for outstanding results and also automate notification to the patients of their result. In another, the EHR must incorporate a point-of-sale purchase of retail items. A 10-physician internal medicine practice required that their EHR solution incorporate voice recognition software to ease the transition for keyboard-phobic physicians.
Different specialties have different needs, and you should think of as many specialty-specific requirements as possible. Having an interface to the lab results for the bulk of your patients (75% to 80%) is an absolute requirement in primary care, for instance. Try asking yourself: What do I do that doctors in other specialties don’t? Figure out how those differences would translate to functions in the EHR.
You can also incorporate the criteria that CMS will use to define Meaningful Use of an EHR for its incentive program to determine how your use of the EHR system will address specific objectives. (Even though the criteria are only in the interim final rule stage, wholesale changes don’t usually happen past that point.)
For example, it is likely that collecting the smoking status on all patients ages 13 and older will be one of the objectives, so ask the EHR vendor to show you how their solution prompts you and/or your staff to ask the patient, document the response, and then generate the collective data for reporting.
Articulating your needs and requirements is just the first step for effective evaluation of system demonstrations.
The second step is to use those needs to create a scoring tool to track and document the EHR demonstration against the needs.
Keep the scoring simple. A 3-2-1 system will do just fine. The vendor scores a “3″ for a specific need if the system exceeds your requirement, a “2″ for meeting your requirements and a “1″ if the system does not meet your requirements. The higher the vendor’s score, the better fit the system is for your practice.
How does the scoring tool help after you’ve viewed three or four demonstrations? You can approach the comparison several ways.
The most basic — though not necessarily the best — way is to look at the total score for each product. High score wins and that’s the one you buy.
Or you can compare the vendors on each “need” individually. Clearly if a vendor scored a “1″ on each element, that product is a no-go. That’s probably unlikely, though, so you’ll need to prioritize your “needs.” Again, the product that has the highest scores on the most number of top-priority elements is your winner.
It may also help to have a “deal-breaker” need. If a vendor scores a “1″ on that one item, even if his system has “2″s and “3″s on all the others, you might want to rule it out.
You may also decide to include some “nice-to-have” features on your list. If so, scores on those items may tip the scale for one product over another.
It is easy to get distracted during a demo by all the features and functions the company representative will show you. Many systems have polished user interfaces and many demonstration specialists have perfected their skill at showing off the sizzle in their system.
But if you begin the demo preparation with the end in mind — by clearly articulating your objectives and vision for your EHR implementation — you will identify the solution that will have the greatest opportunity for successful use in your practice.
Focus on how the solution meets your requirements, not on the man behind the screen as you travel down the road to your EHR selection.
Rosemarie Nelson is a principal with the MGMA Health Care Consulting Group.
Originally published in MedPage Today. Visit MedPageToday.com for more practice management news.
OMB Completes HIPAA Rules Review - July 9, 2010
Orlando Florida --
Dom Nicastro, for HealthLeaders Media, July 6, 2010
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has finished its review of proposed rules related to changes to HIPAA privacy and security rules, meaning the rules could hit the streets this week.
The OMB reports that it has concluded its regulatory review of the rules HHS sent in April.
Jana Aagaard, Of Counsel, Catholic Healthcare West in the Sacramento Legal Department and of the Law Office of Jana Aagaard in Carmichael, CA, told HealthLeaders Media that regulations could be released as soon as Wednesday. If that's the case, they would be posted in the Federal Register formally a few days later, Aagaard said.
It is unclear exactly which proposed rules will be released. According to the OMB website, HHS "will issue rules to modify the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules as necessary to implement the privacy, security, and certain enforcement provisions of subtitle D of the [HITECH]."
In March, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which enforces the HIPAA privacy and security rules under HHS, said forthcoming regulations would include:
•Business associate (BA) liability
•New limitations on the sale of personal health information, marketing, and fundraising communications
•Stronger individual rights to access electronic medical records and restricting the disclosure of certain information
The industry has been waiting on rules from OCR concerning HITECH provisions effective February 17.
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Cloud Computing Will Change the Way You Practice - July 9, 2010
Orlando Florida --
By Steven Kraus, DC, DIBCN, CCSP, FASA, FICC
Cloud computing will likely permanently change the way you interact with your clinic records and your software. This transition to data on the cloud, an Internet-accessible database, is going to shift the way you practice.
Last month, I outlined a vision of how our profession could finally be recognized for our contribution to our nation's health - a future I believe is just around the corner. An important part of this vision is the way "computing on the cloud" is going to change the security and accessibility of our clinical and patient data.
Because cloud computing is going to change how data moves and is stored, it will change the way we practice in three ways: (1) Our data back-up is going to be less costly and easier to maintain, which will drive down the overall cost of documentation. (2) Our data is going to be more secure, which will make our records safer and more permanent. (3) Our data is going to be more accessible to us and our patients, which means faster response times for information requests and better clinical decision-making. And you can have relevant information from your electronic health record (EHR) accessible from anywhere in the world as long as you are connected to the Internet.
What Is Cloud Computing?
The best way to understand cloud computing is to consider the cloud as an Internet-accessible database of your clinic's patient charts and your practice management systems data. Cloud computing happens when the Internet itself becomes the connecting method where your data is stored and managed. No, this is not just opening a Web browser to check your e-mail account through your local cable mode, or setting up a fancy network with a server in your office. It is a little bit of both. And that is what makes it different.
First, cloud computing in the chiropractic office will not be like current Web-based programs. Currently, there are a handful of documentation and clinic management products that are managed completely on the Internet. You access the software through a Web browser, you sign in through a Web browser, and rather than anything being stored/downloaded locally on your computer (including the software), everything is located out on a Web server. Those of you who have them or have tried them have a clear picture of how they work. For the rest of you, just imagine signing into a retail-store Web site to access your EHR data to do a SOAP note to get an idea of how they work. They are similar, albeit slower and not as graphically rich in content.
Second, cloud computing is not like the current computing model whereby the software and the data is stored within the four walls of your clinic (the system that most of us are used to). We have a handful of computers, and for these computers we buy a handful of software programs with multiple licenses. When we want to use this software, we install it in our machines in our offices and go from there. Larger clinics, savvier clinics, and clinics going completely digital will set up an internal network, with all the computers sharing files and data and hooked up to an internal server. It's also called the "client-server" model.
Benefits and Weaknesses
Any system has its benefits and drawbacks, and so it goes with the Web browser-based model and the client-server model. The major benefit of the browser-based model is obvious to anyone who has ever tried this kind of software interaction - it's simple. There's no extensive software to install and not a lot of hardware to buy. You need access to the Internet through a local cable modem or DSL service, and off you go. However, this simplicity does come with a price; the software itself is simplified because its speed depends on the speed of an Internet connection. The software cannot be as graphics-heavy and robust because with every scroll of the screen, the browser has to reload.
The strengths and weaknesses of the client-server model are actually opposite of browser-based software. The client server is faster and can be graphics-heavy because everything is stored locally. But that means it involves more hardware and infrastructure, and in digital clinics with electronic health records, the set-up and running of servers (which can get complicated depending on the situation). Servers also require an IT specialist to keep it running smoothly with the proper configuration.
Internet Computing With Power
Cloud computing effectively offers us the robust software that we are used to with the client-server model, along with the simplicity of the Web-browser model. Much of the software is stored on your local PCs. But the connection to the cloud servers means you can network your computers without a server inside your office. When you log on to your clinic software suite through your computer, you will be using the EHR software loaded on your PC for screen interfaces. You will be using the Internet to access the cloud servers for your database. The graphics and interface are loaded locally on your PC, but all the data itself is accessed from the Internet or "the cloud," making the process fast and simple.
Lower Costs, Easier to Access Data
With Internet-based data, you need less "stuff" to make your software work, and that means savings. I have seen firsthand the way the cloud model simplifies the process of establishing and implementing an EHR into a clinic. You do not need to set up a server in your clinic. With a few regular computers hooked up to the cloud through a local high-speed Internet connection, the office is ready to go. There is still some investment in the PC and the Internet to be turned on in your office, but these expenses were likely already present.
In addition to less hardware (as in no server required), there is the fact that cost of data storage is getting cheaper. As technology advances, we are able to save more and more data in smaller and smaller spaces. Your experience buying memory for a device like a digital camera reflects this. Today, you can buy 8 gigabytes worth of storage space for the same price you used to pay for less than 2 gigabytes. And this is combined with the fact that the HIPAA-compliant paper-file storage units, file folders, and all the accessories that make paper records work, will not be necessary, further reducing costs.
The math on this technology is relatively simple: Less hardware and everything stored remotely on cheaper memory equals decreased costs associated with electronic health records. This will help lower the costs of an all-digital health care system. And it will make the system more accessible for everyone.
Safer and More Permanent Records
We tend to think that digital data is more vulnerable than paper records, but nothing is further from the truth. Yes, data on the cloud is going to be far more accessible (only to yourself with your pass-codes and verification measures) than it ever has before, but that does not mean strangers are going to be able to search your patient files. Just like credit-card data, banking data, and your Amazon purchase history, private health information will be adequately protected and secured by federal standards like encryption technology.
What makes our cloud data so accessible is actually what makes it so much safer than paper: redundancy. When you write a SOAP note by hand, you get a copy of that SOAP note. When you write a SOAP note within an EHR on the cloud, you get that original note. And then you get a backup, and you will even get a second and third backup on different servers located in different secured nuclear bunker locations. While a single paper SOAP note could easily be lost, or destroyed by fire, theft or other disaster, digital notes are protected and secured on servers around the country, and they would have to be simultaneously destroyed by a nuclear bomb in order for your SOAP note to disappear.
Under the old model, thousands of paper records that help prove the worth of your practice are vulnerable. You are one flood, fire, earthquake, or tornado away from losing all your history as a doctor. On the cloud, your whole practice could be stored in micrometer's worth of space and be backed up to exist forever.
More Accessibility and Transparency
If you read last month's column, you know that cloud computing is an integral part of my vision for chiropractic's future. This vision would not be possible without the redundancy of data I just addressed. Yes, our data will be protected from prying eyes, but we will have the ability to aggregate patient de-identified data to demonstrate our outcomes.
You can choose to share your outcomes to prove the effectiveness of chiropractic care. Outcomes data is going to be more transparent to our patients and the health care community as we move forward beyond the deadline of 2015 for EHR implementation.
Cloud computing will also allow faster sharing of records in a multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary setting. In the paper world, we might fax or mail over a narrative report. In the traditional EHR model, we would electronically fax or e-mail that document. Coming soon, there will be state-operated health information exchanges that are being developed to allow providers to connect locally with hospitals and the rest of the health care community. It will allow you to obtain information on your patients regarding radiology results, lab results, their medication list, or other health information as long as the patient has authorized you to access that data. In the near future of cloud computing, we might see medical doctors logging in to a health information exchange to see their patient health data and learn that chiropractic care has resulted in a successful outcome for the patient's problems, and in a very cost-effective manner. Technology will be chiropractic's greatest friend in expanding access to new and existing patients.
Less Costly, Safer and Secure, Faster Access
The power of cloud computing is a power that is going to affect our practices. The shift to running our clinic software through powerful remote servers is going to reduce hardware requirements needed to run clinics. It is also going to make our data storage less costly and more secure, and ultimately more accessible, improving the care we deliver to our patients. Data on the cloud is part of a brighter future of chiropractic practice.
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