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ICD-10 Thoughts

The industry now has less than a year to prepare for ICD-10.  By the grace of CMS, the business community experienced a year long reprieve with the new deadline of October 1, 2015.  The question now stands, will providers, PMS/EMR vendors, clearinghouses and payers be ready for the “final “ rollout of ICD-10 in October […]

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Ebola and the Patient Advocate

Recently the media was feeding off of the finger pointing going on between nurses, doctors, CDC and EMR vendors at Texas Presbyterian Hospital regarding the first U.S. Ebola patient.  Unfortunately the first patent was misdiagnosed ultimately resulting (or playing a part) in his death and chaos. So, who is to blame? Nurses? Doctors? EMR vendor? […]

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Time for Mergers and Acquisitions

There is no better time in the healthcare IT industry for an increase in activity for mergers and acquisitions. There are a plethora of  “one trick pony” companies in the industry that have small to medium customer bases with minimal future growth potential. There are PMS vendors that don’t have an EMR application and EMR […]

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How Will The Clearinghouse Model Change

It is no secret that many clearinghouses started at a time when many payers were willing to subsidize transaction costs for providers in order to receive electronic transactions in the door.  The cost to process manual claims was so high that paying cents on the dollar for an electronic transaction was a no brainer for […]

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Window of Opportunity

The last several years has seen a huge growth in billing services or Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) outsourcing.  As many provider offices are being squeezed by vendors, receiving lower payer reimbursements and dealing with a shortage of qualified physician office management staff, many offices are deciding to outsource their billing. Additionally , many PMS/EMR vendors […]

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It’s Not Show Me The Money… It’s Show Me The Data

Most Physician offices now have an EMR/EHR solution that they are utilizing.  This is a wonderful accomplishment as many patient’s medical records are now in electronic format. Another wonderful accomplishment, but unfortunately, I still can’t see mine. I know my primary care doctor’s office has an EMR but I also know they still have a […]

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Providers Need to Invest in their Revenue

As a Healthcare EDI professional, I am constantly amazed that some providers will not invest wisely in an EDI solution. Throughout my 20 years in the industry, I have seen and heard providers opt for standalone, disparate and free EDI solutions in order to save a few dollars a month.  They would rather bypass integration, […]

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The Ever Changing Healthcare Community

As a Healthcare IT industry veteran, I am rarely shocked at how quickly the industry changes. However, I believe we are in one of the most turbulent time periods in Healthcare IT. Industry initiatives like Meaningful Use Stage II has shaken up the industry, ICD-10 is right around the corner, many EMR and PMS systems […]

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