Practice Management


The nuts and bolts of running a group practice or hospital are covered here. Topics include patient scheduling systems, charge capture interfaces with clinical record systems, and claims submission.


Health I.T. Vendor Round-up: Allscripts, Rapid Insight, PracticeMax & EHR Doctors

Joseph Goedert | May 09
An acquisition, new analytics software, a Texas-sized health information exchange agreement and a little self-preservation highlight recent health information technology vendor news:
Group Practices
EHR
Revenue Cycle Management
Vendor News
Health Info Exchange

HIT Vendor Round-up: NextGen, IVANS, Relay Health & NTT DATA

Joseph Goedert | Apr 25
Health information technology vendors have recently announced new initiatives including acquisitions, discounted purchasing opportunities and customer wins
EHR
Group Practices
Electronic Data Interchange
Revenue Cycle Management
Revenue Cycle & Payments
Health Info Exchange

New HIPAA Operating Rule Guidance for Medicaid, CHIP

Joseph Goedert | Mar 26
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued guidance on implementation of “operating rules” that tighten uniformity of the HIPAA eligibility and claim status transactions.
Electronic Data Interchange
Payers
Hospitals
Group Practices
Revenue Cycle Management
Revenue Cycle & Payments
Policy & Regulation

Acquisition Closes Physician Loop for MD-Online

Joseph Goedert | Mar 21
Claims clearinghouse MD Online Inc. has acquired MD Technologies, a Baton Rouge, La.-based vendor of remotely hosted physician practice management software. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Group Practices
Electronic Data Interchange
EHR
Vendor News
Revenue Cycle & Payments
Revenue Cycle Management

ICD-10 Survey: Readiness Poor Across the Board

Joseph Goedert | Mar 20
A recent survey of 2,600 providers, insurers and vendors finds all three sectors remain seriously behind in ICD-10 preparations.
Coding
Electronic Data Interchange
EHR
Health Info Exchange
Revenue Cycle & Payments
Payers
Group Practices
Hospitals
Policy & Regulation

How to Market Health Care Projects

Feb 23
Good Samaritan Hospital CIO Charles Christian talks about what it takes to successfully market IT projects to both the executive suite and the user community.

Fairly Shocking: The Feds as an Efficiency Leader?

Greg Gillespie | Feb 10
My father wasn’t the first or last to say that it will be a sad day indeed if the private sector ever gets lapped by the feds in terms of efficiency.
Coding
Group Practices
Payers
Revenue Cycle Management
Revenue Cycle & Payments
Mobile Technology
Electronic Data Interchange
Policy & Regulation

Physician Software Vendor Greenway Medical Goes Public

Joseph Goedert | Feb 02
The stock price of Greenway Medical Technologies rose 20 percent in early trading on Feb. 2 after the physician software vendor conducted a $66.7 million initial public offering of stock.
Vendor News
Group Practices
EHR
Health Info Exchange

AHIMA: AMA Stance on ICD-10 Should Not Slow Down Work

Joseph Goedert | Jan 30
With the American Medical Association ramping up its fight against the ICD-10 code sets by asking House Speaker John Boehner for assistance in stopping mandated implementation, the American Health Information Management Association is warning against slowing down compliance work.
Coding
EHR
Electronic Data Interchange
Policy & Regulation
Revenue Cycle Management
Group Practices
Hospitals
Payers

HIT Vendor Round-up: Kronos, NextGen & TriZetto

Joseph Goedert | Jan 23
Health information technology vendors have announced the following initiatives in recent days:
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Group Practices
Revenue Cycle Management
Payers
Health Info Exchange
Vendor News
Hospitals

MedPlus Subsidizing PPM/EHR by 85 Percent

Joseph Goedert | Jan 23
The MedPlus subsidiary of Quest Diagnosis is offering its Web-based, integrated physician practice management/electronic health records system for less than $100 per physician per month for 10 to 23 months for practices that sign up during 2012.
EHR
Group Practices
Document Management
Stimulus
Vendor News
Policy & Regulation

Greenway, HealthPort Making Financial Moves

Joseph Goedert | Jan 20
While physician software vendor Greenway Medical Technologies is on the cusp of going public, health information management company HealthPort is seeking a buyer, according to published reports.
Vendor News
Document Management
EHR
Group Practices
Hospitals

On-Site Employer Clinic Firm Adds Telemedicine

Joseph Goedert | Jan 19
QuadMed, which operates 22 onsite primary care clinics in 12 states for large employers, is adding telemedicine to its slate of services.
Payers
Decision Support
Consumer Health
Disease Management
EHR
Vendor News

HHS Adopts Operating Rules for EFT, ERA

Joseph Goedert | Jan 05
The Department of Health and Human Services has issued an interim final rule to require adoption of standards and operating rules for electronic funds transfer and remittance advice HIPAA transactions.
Coding
Electronic Data Interchange
Group Practices
Hospitals
Payers
Revenue Cycle Management
Revenue Cycle & Payments
Policy & Regulation

MGMA Calls for HIPAA 5010 Contingency Plan

Joseph Goedert | Dec 20
The Medical Group Management Association is calling for a contingency plan of at least six months for the transition to the HIPAA 5010 transaction sets, which has a compliance date of Jan. 1, 2012.
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Coding
Electronic Data Interchange
Policy & Regulation
Revenue Cycle Management
Hospitals
Group Practices
Payers
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