With the January 1, 2012 implementation deadline for ACOs approaching quickly, many practice groups hustle to be ready, some believe they are, and some don’t know where to begin. For many small medical practices, planning for an ACO falls on … Read More
On March 31, 2011 the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) released the proposed guidelines for an Accountable Care Organization (ACO), a subprogram of the Medicare Shared Savings Program, Section 3022 of the Affordable Care Act. The CMS currently … Read More
As you’re searching for the perfect electronic medical record (EMR) to fulfill either your office’s needs or simply trying to achieve meaningful use standards, you have many aspects of your business and the potential EMR to consider. You can use … Read More
How to Hire the Right Person for the Job “I don’t have seminars, I have workshops,” Michael Kuehn, Vice President of Clinic Service said as he handed out pieces of paper to the participants; “I’m going to make you all … Read More
Continued/Part II: Question #2: How do I implement an EMR, and should I delegate this process to someone else? Some related questions in determining how your practice comes to implement an EMR are: should we do it in stages or … Read More
Introduction Technology. We love it when it works for us–and hate it when it doesn’t. In the world of healthcare, the hottest tech buzzword has been the big ‘EMR’, coupled of course with ‘Meaningful Use.’ And this update is not-likely … Read More
In his article from March 30, 2011 “Meaningful Use Authority maps the Path to Stage Two in Speech to Health IT Summit” Frank Irving outlines Dr. Tang’s speech addressing the timeline for qualifying for ARRA Medicare/Medicaid payments. In short, there … Read More
In our last blog we outlined the nuts and bolts of the overwhelming changes facing physicians. But the question remains: What does this really mean? What should I expect and what should I ignore? No single blog entry can cover … Read More
As time progresses and the mandatory implementation of Stage 2 of Meaningful Use criteria looms closer, many physicians are still trying to grasp what exactly Meaningful Use is, and how to fully comply with Stage One. A bit of history … Read More
In private practices, doctors have the distracting and unfortunate need to understand the underlying operating practices of their business model. Unfortunately, most do not—at least to an adequate degree. Accounting practices make this even more difficult by obscuring the ‘lifeblood’—if … Read More