Medical Records Articles

February 14, 2012 – 1 views

Implementing Electronic Health Records in any practice can be a challenge. And what I have found to be the biggest challenge is demonstrating meaningful use. Providers are often surprised to find that one of the required features of an EHR system is utilizing a Patient Portal. Over time, this feature will change the way the patient and the practice communicate with each other. Full Story 

February 7, 2012 – 2 views

The health care regulation laws that now exist were created to ensure that the interest of every medical group will be protected. Failing to abide by such laws could pose significant risk due to fines, penalties and even potential criminal charges. Benefits of a well designed compliance plan consist of the following at a minimum: · Increase speed and minimize improper payments of claims · Minimize billing mistakes · Reduce the odds that your physician group will be audited by a governmental agency · If a governmental agency does conduct an audit, a compliance plan can reduce any negative outcome. Full Story 

January 31, 2012 – 2 views

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was passed as a federal law in 1996 and this regulates how protected patient information can be stored and accessed. There are various organizations known as covered entities as per HIPAA that will need to follow all the rules and regulations for accessing, storing and transmitting the confidential information of patients. Full Story 

January 24, 2012 – 4 views

One of the initiatives of the Affordable Health Care Act is Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). These networks serve people on Medicare and include policies and procedures to assist physicians, hospital personnel and other caregivers to better coordinate care for Medicare patients. Full Story 

January 17, 2012 – 2 views

-IRS bracing for the implementation of new health care legislation -Most controversial sections of new law will not kick in until 2014 -Tax professionals advised to educate themselves well in advance of 2014 Full Story 

January 10, 2012 – 10 views

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) payment proposals for the coming year indicate the situation could get all the more challenging. Here's a proposed fee schedule update you need to be aware of. Full Story 

January 3, 2012 – 7 views

After an asymptomatic Medicare patient who uses tobacco comes to your office, ensure that you're reporting expanded smoking and tobacco-use cessation counseling codes -- G0436 and G0437 -- to ethically recoup documented counseling time. Full Story 

December 27, 2011 – 5 views

The majority of us abandoned the land some generations ago and moved into the cities. Since most people live in these convenient groups, it's efficient. Suppliers of goods and services have a captive market even allowing for the internet introducing more people across greater distances. We still need local shops and people to repair our homes when they are damaged. So what's happened back in the countryside? Sadly, it's mostly bad news. With fewer people spread over bigger distances, access to goods and services has dropped dramatically. Now add in the budget deficits affecting almost every state and you won't find business as usual. Even essential services like the fire departments and law enforcement are stretched to breaking. Full Story