Tag: Hosted EHR

  • Cloud-Based versus Server Based EHR Comparison

    Cloud-Based versus Server Based EHR Comparison

    Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, small, independent health care practices have changed workflows to accommodate telemedicine visits with patients. Some physicians, providers, and staff may also work from home occasionally.

  • CMS Announces July 2015 Transition from IACS to EIDM

    CMS  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would like to inform Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) participants and their staff to an important system update scheduled to be in place on July 13, 2015. The Individuals Authorized Access to CMS Computer Services (IACS) system will be retired, but current IACS user accounts will…

  • New EHR Attestation Deadline

    New EHR Attestation Deadline for Eligible Professionals: March 31, 2014 CMS is extending the deadline for eligible professionals to attest to meaningful use for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program 2013 reporting year from 11:59 pm ET on February 28, 2014 to 11:59 pm ET March 31, 2014. In addition, CMS is offering assistance to eligible…

  • How to Prepare For, Survive an EHR Meaningful Use Audit

    Posted from AAFP News Now: Use of the words “audit” and “Medicare” in the same sentence tend to make even the most seasoned physician uncomfortable. So when the news broke in March that CMS had added prepayment meaningful use (MU) audits to its ongoing postpayment audit process, some family physicians expressed concern. Understanding that a…

  • Deadline for avoiding e-prescribing penalty is fast approaching.

    June 30th will be here before you know it! From Medline: “Clinicians slow to adapt to digital medicine have until June 30 to electronically transmit 10 prescriptions to the pharmacy for Medicare patients, and thereby avoid a 2% cut in their Medicare reimbursement next year. The 2% penalty is the punitive side of a federal program designed…

  • Be prepared for changes to stage 1 meaningful use!

    There are some changes coming in 2014 for all those meaningful users still in stage one.   While some of these changes are positive, there are a few that may come as a surprise-especially if a practice attested for the first time in 2013, and plan to do the second year of stage one in 2014. …

  • Practice Choice EHR

        McKesson Practice Choice™ is a cost-effective Web-based electronic health record (EHR) and practice management (PM) solution inspired by small, physician practices just like yours.   Intuitive and efficient, McKesson Practice Choice does more than maintain records and protect cash flow; it has the power to improve the quality of your patient interactions. When…