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News & Information
Here you will find News and Information about SuiteMed, EHRs, and other information you find useful as you consider your move from a paper to an electronic office.
Each heading has a a drop down box with more information and a link to the full article.
ARRA EHR Incentive Program Registration
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By SuiteMed Marketing, 01/07/2011
Registration for the ARRA EHR Incentive Program opened January 3, 2011. CMS is encouraging eligible providers to register with or without having a certified EHR implemented. Please review the Incentive Registration Process.pdf to better understand the steps needed to register for incentives. This document includes links to the CMS registration and attestation sites. What will be needed when registering?
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Meaningful Use Measures per CMS
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The Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs provide a financial incentive for the "meaningful use" of certified EHR technology to achieve health and efficiency goals. By putting into action and meaningfully using an EHR system, providers will reap benefits beyond financial incentives–such as reduction in errors, availability of records and data, reminders and alerts, clinical decision support, and e-prescribing/refill automation.
Visit the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services website for more information.
Meaningful Use Registration Now Open
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HDM Breaking News, January 3, 2011
Registration for the Medicare incentive program for meaningful use of electronic health records, as well as
Medicaid MU programs in 11 states, started on January 3, 2011.
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CMS Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs Milestone Timeline List
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List of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regional Office and Other External Entity Contacts
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By Beth Just, MBA, RHIA, FAHIMA, November 24, 2010
The clock is ticking on the deadline to begin submitting claims utilizing ICD-10 code sets, yet few hospitals have made significant inroads into the transition. With no indication that the October 2013 deadline will change, facilities that are not already deep into the transition will find themselves scrambling to comply -- not an ideal approach to a process that will ultimately drive billing and reimbursement.
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By mmerrill, November 23, 2010
Right people, right processes, right change management and right technology – these are the "four buckets" that one expert says her list of top 10 internal factors for implementing an EHR fall into. Without all the components, she says, it is very difficult for organizations to succeed.
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By mmerrill, November 15, 2010
The healthcare sector is among the top three industries seeing the heaviest adoption of the iPad for business use, according to data from Good Technology, a Redwood City-based provider of multiplatform enterprise mobility.
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HDM Breaking News - Oct. 26, 2010
Group practices seeking advice from a federally funded Regional Extension Center should proceed with caution, advises one expert at the Medical Group Management Association. In some cases, the extension centers-ostensibly designed to facilitate group practice adoption of EHR technology-may have exclusivity deals with software vendors, says Robert Tennant, senior policy advisor at MGMA.
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HDM Breaking News, October 25, 2010A report from the Medical Group Management Association, based on a survey of 1,324 primary care and specialty practice members, finds significant financial benefits to using an electronic health records system.
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George Eleftheriades - Oct. 13, 2010
It seems that one can't open a medical journal today without being reminded that ICD-10 is coming. And, the tenor of the articles seems very much like a warning rather than a reminder, suggesting the reader batten down the hatches now so as to not be caught up in the storm.
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Dr. Michael Koriwchak (October 5, 2010)
It’s time again to face the Doubters, those physicians who would dare question the benefits of EMR to the medical practice. Incredibly, the Doubters are unimpressed by EMR product literature containing pictures of beautiful providers holding shiny tablet PCs taking care of happy, smiling (are they even sick?) patients. They have the audacity to want to know their return on investment.
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CHICAGO – Oct. 1, 2010
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®) announced today that it has tested and certified 33 Electronic Health Record (EHR) products under the Commission’s ONC-ATCB program
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Christoph U Lehmann; Jennifer Mansour; Jonathan D Klein - September 15, 2010;
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 authorizes the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide reimbursement incentives for eligible professionals and hospitals who become 'meaningful users' of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) published a Notice of Proposed Rule Making that defines meaningful use. The goal of this rule is to assure that EHR technology is used to improve the quality of patient care. Children's needs demand specific consideration when health information technology is developed and implemented. The different stages of growth, development and socialization of childhood require different meaningful use criteria that must be developed carefully for the diverse pediatric patient population. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) suggests a number of principles for meaningful use in pediatrics.
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September 6, 2010 | Ron McLauglin
Medical billing and processing insurance claims have garnered much attention lately, prompted in part by physicians' need to collect fees and payment quickly to maintain razor-thin margins. Fueling this focus on a more intense level is a report from the American Medical Association (AMA) released this summer.
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August 30, 2010 | Bernie Monegain, Editor
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – The U.S. ambulatory EHR market, which was at $1.3 billion in 2009, is forecast to reach $2.6 billion in 2012, according to new analysis from research firm Frost & Sullivan.
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August 27, 2010 | United States Department of Health and Human Services
Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology
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July 1, 2010 | Judith Aburmishan, MBA, CPA, CHBC
We all know that the way to succeed in a business is to have the right product, the right price and have it easily available. But most physicians don't think like successful business owners, so how can they take this truism and use it in a medical practice?
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May 17, 2010 | Molly Merrill , Associate Editor
ANN ARBOR, MI – "ePediatrics" could become more common, as parents are requesting more electronic communication with their children's doctors, according to a new poll.
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April, 2010 | Neilson, E.
The truth about transformational change is that it needs to be well architected and executed to stick. As you begin to consider executing any change initiative whether a PMO, Lean Six Sigma, or digitalizing paper based process, it is good to keep in your mind what will be needed to transform the organization to the new way.
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Monday, March 1, 2010
By Elizabeth Gardner, Health Data Management Magazine, 03/01/2010
For many pioneers, an interactive online presence streamlines communications and builds rapport with patients.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
In an effort to move-the-bar and collect on perceived overpayments to providers, Medicare is taking aggressive strides to accelerate the acceptance of evidence-based health care and lighten the load of a strained national budget.
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Press Release, February 09, 2010
OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SuiteMed™ (www.SuiteMed.com), provider of electronic medical records, billing and practice management software, has just received an independent five-star ranking. “The rankings are significant because the AC Group is the industry’s most trusted source. The ultimate goal here is to make the decision process clearer for providers to help them act.” Industry leader, the AC Group, has released its latest reviews for EMR/EHR software, practice management applications, and vendors in terms of overall value. In this unparalleled report 175 vendors were evaluated on a range of in-depth criteria.
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
HHS has unveiled its plan for providing Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments for the "meaningful use" of electronic health records as authorized under the federal economic stimulus package, Health Data Management reports.
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
With the Economic Stimulus Bill signed and available to subsidize EHR purchases (for more information see “The Stimulus Bill and Meaningful Use of Qualified EHRs/EMRs“), we are seeing a dramatic increase in electronic health records (EHR) buyer interest. Assuming these buyers make use of the stimulus subsidy to buy an EHR, we expect to see a lot of EHR failures over the next couple years.
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Here are the top 10 barriers to EHR adoption and how we at SuiteMed Solutions are answering these concerns.
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By Jeff Rowe, Editor
It seems safe to say that hardly anyone hasn’t experienced the downside of the “convenience” of modern technology. You lose precious time in the office because your computer, or perhaps the company’s entire system, locks up. You’re on the phone with a supplier who apologizes and asks you to call back because, well, their system is locked up. You go to an ATM machine to get some cash, only to leave empty-handed because “the system is temporarily off-line.”
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Eden Prairie, MN
Physicians have limited knowledge of the American Recovery and Reinvestment provisions, according to a recent online survey of 1,001 physicians, and they are still reluctant to adopt information technology.
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Oakland, California; November 9, 2009
The SuiteMed Electronic Health Record System (PMS/EHR) effectively addresses the need to better manage healthcare costs, the quality of patient care and the increasing difficulty of Physicians meeting the rapidly growing paperwork requirements of an expanding medical delivery system.
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Orem, UT, November 17, 2009
One year after its landmark merger with Misys, electronic medical record (EMR) vendor Allscripts is at a crossroads, facing declining customer satisfaction in several key areas while still maintaining its position as the most-considered vendor in outpatient EMR purchases. A new report from KLAS takes a closer look at the company's struggles and opportunities as the race for meaningful use gets underway.
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