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Three Ways To Prepare For And Survive Meaningful Use Audit
Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) practices throughout the nation have questions about how to successfully qualify for government EHR incentive programs. Quality measures of ENT procedures continue to evolve and some practices complain about reaping the benefits of their efforts. Download FREE How to Prepare For and Survive a MU Audit Guide Any ENT provider participating in and receiving funds from a Medicare/Medicaid incentive program may be subject to an audit. Approximately one-third of Americans over the age of 65 have some…
Business Process Improvements to Meet Patient Engagement Requirements
Meeting the patient engagement requirements related to the use of the patient portal is one of the most difficult areas of compliance with the Meaningful Use program, especially if you have a non-integrated or inadequate EHR/Portal platform. Medical professionals argue that they should not be financially responsible for patient use of the system since they cannot control patient behavior. It is apparent that the incentive system within the program will not be changed. However, there are ways the practicing medical…
Three Ways To Protect Your Practice from ICD-10 Issues
It’s not all doom and gloom, if you have been preparing sufficiently for the transition. If you have, then you know that whereas there are some big changes to the coding structure and number of codes, all these can be termed as incremental changes rather than a completely new way of doing things.So why the big fuss from doctors and hospitals across the country? Because they are scared. Scared that they will not be able to meet the deadline. Scared…
Three ICD-10 Myths and Facts That Every ENT Must Know
The curtains are falling on ICD-9 and in its place ICD-10 will be playing the lead role come October 01, 2015. At least that’s the version of the story the CMS and other government healthcare organizations are going by. It’s a version we should believe, considering even medical associations such as the American Medical Association have not vehemently opposed the new coding structure as they did in yesteryears. If this is the status quo, what does it mean for you…