Evaluation and Management – Healthcare by Intimidation
Most Primary Care Physicians are more then familiar with CPT coding, or the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set which is maintained by the American Medical Association. These codes, mostly 5...
View ArticleGoogle Health – Part 3
I heard from Google regarding the Aspirin vs. Plavix issue. If you put in the full dose aspirin then the warning does show up. As I said on the Google forum this is incorrect but I am not going to...
View ArticleYou say Potato – Uncle Sam says EHR, EMR and PHR
According to the people at Software Advice earlier this year the NAHIT established definitions for EHR, EMR and PHR. Given their authority, and the Bush administration’s plan to build an...
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Meaningful Use of Electronic Medical Records
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) will soon release a description of the “meaningful use” of electronic medical records (EMR). Until HHS releases what...
View ArticleMeaningful Use – The Other Shoe Needs to Drop
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released documents detailing what physicians and hospitals...
View ArticleLearn About Becoming a Medical Assistant @ MedicalAssisting-EDU.com
Getting your foot in the door in the medical field can be a little intimidating for some people. Focusing on healing and patients is an excellent feeling and makes those first few steps all worth it....
View ArticleComment: Now is the Time for Meaningful Use! Part 2
Last month, during the week of September 10 through September 14 the United States Department of Health and Human Services celebrated Health Information Technology Week. Some considered Tuesday, of...
View ArticleRAND Study Questions EMR Effectiveness for Patient Care and Cost Savings
“We’ve not achieved the productivity and quality benefits that are unquestionably there for the taking.” Who made this stunning remark and what was the speaker referring to? So said Dr. Arthur L....
View Article4 Best Practices for Collecting Out-of-Pocket Patient Fees
One of the most important aspects of a medical practice’s success is collecting the money that a patient owes them. This seems like a “no-brainer,” right? Well that does not necessarily make it an...
View ArticleQ&A with Melissa McCormack, Analyst at Software Advice
We recently caught up with Melissa McCormack, medical analyst at Software Advice, who reviews and writes buyers’ guides for medical billing software. Q: How do medical billing reports improve...
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