Practice Technology

Efforts are underway to find technology solutions to the efficiency problems physicians experience with prior authorizations

Congress urges the ONC to certify only products that “clearly meet current meaningful use program standards and that do not block health information exchange.”

Beginning January 1, 2015, medical practices can, for the first time, bill Medicare for the non face-to-face time spent managing care for patients with multiple chronic diseases. But doing so may prove challenging for many practices, at least at first.

Starting in January, nearly 257,000 eligible professionals will face a 1% cut to their Medicare reimbursements for not meeting meaningful use standards, according to CMS.

Fifty-one percent of physicians cite financial incentives or penalties as a possible driver for them to make adopt EHRs.

With the addition of EHRs and patient portals, many practices today are better positioned to incorporate modern processes and procedures to manage their accounts receivables more effectively, particularly by improving collections from patients.

AHIMA-sponsored Twitter rally reaps more than 5,000 tweets to stop another ICD-10 delay

Soon patients will be able to interact with physicians the same way they buy clothes or music-online.

The AMA, along with many regional medical societies, is urging Congress to include another ICD-10 implementation delay to a stalled appropriations bill during the current lame duck session.

How physicians can manage growing technology obligations in the practice.

Telehealth can't replace personal encounters with patients, a physician writes

A reader says that electronic health records are costly and harmful to practice productivity.

As the evolution of health information technology forges for-ward, electronic health record (EHR) systems will continueto transform the practice of medicine.

Though the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is driving interest in telemedicine, providers are still having difficulty getting paid for using the technology, according to a survey.

Study says many low-cost or free options are available to help practices prepare

The majority of physicians could be facing penalties for not meeting meaningful use 2 requirements, and AMA says penalties should be removed.

The health IT leaders point to multiple leadership changes within the ONC that add to possible instability in the agency.

While CMS reports that nearly most physicians have implemented EHRs, the next challenge will be to meet Stage 2 criteria as part of the federal EHR incentive program.

Five-year study shows improvement in all aspects of notes

Why this year’s delay and burden on practices is making it difficult for physicians to get ready.

Meaningful use 2 attestation continues to be sluggish and some of the top medical societies say it is time that the CMS provide more flexibility to the incentive program.

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Primary care providers will receive more payments for care coordination and telehealth services under the 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Systems (CMS) October 31.

In the midst of ONC Director Karen DeSalvo gaining new responsibilities, the ONC’s meaningful use program has been under scrutiny, with many questioning its effectiveness.