What the ONC Didn’t Discuss: Meaningful Use and Redundancy
Any announcement as anticipated as Meaningful Use Stage 2 final rule is going to leave a few curious minds nitpicking every word in the release. Therefore, PYP has envisioned the What the ONC Didn’t Discuss series. We dissected the CMS/ONC’s announcement and highlighted important issues and loopholes that weren’t directly addressed.
Power 5 Week in Review: ERAs, ID Theft and what the ONC still isn’t discussing
You know a week is crazy when you’ve learned so much you’re dizzy by Friday afternoon. That’s the feeling we aim to give our readers. We want to provide more health IT information than you can digest and dissect it in a way that’s as user-friendly as your EHR should be.
What You Need to Know About Medical Identity Theft
We realize there’s a ton of literature on medical identity theft out there, and you don’t have time to sift through all of it. With cases of identity theft being reported by a whopping 33% of healthcare organizations, it’s more important than ever to know where you stand and what to do in the event […]
Simple Online Advertising for the Small Medical Practice
If you’re running a small medical practice, chances are you’ve at least considered advertising your practice. However, advertising can be very time-consuming, costly, and, in many cases, you have little idea whether the ads were at all successful. John Wanamaker exemplified perfectly, the frustrations of traditional advertising when he said, “I know that half of […]
ERA: What It Is and How Your Practice Can Benefit
ERA: WHAT IT IS AND HOW YOUR PRACTICE CAN BENEFIT The Prospective Payment System (PPS) is a payment model developed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to encourage healthcare providers to maximize their earning potential on every Medicare and Medicaid paid service only by decreasing the number of services delivered on a […]
What the ONC Didn’t Discuss: Meaningful Use and HIPAA Security Requirements
The announcement of Meaningful Use Stage 2 came and went. Journalists were all over it, asking questions about what some of the rules may mean for physicians and hospitals trying to nab interviews. One of the questions many of us have been asking is whether Meaningful Use will add to HIPAA requirements when many of […]
Power 5 Week in Review: Billing Software, Overlooked Innovations and what the ONC isn’t Discussing
It’s about that time for us to wrap up another week here at Power Your Practice. As usual, we compile the week’s articles and send them straight to your mailbox, making it easy for our readers to digest the best in health IT tips and best practices.
3 Overlooked Low-Tech Medical Solutions
We hear plenty of talk about robots, telemedicine, EHRs, and stem cell-spurred regenerative medicine. However, there are still more low-tech solutions out there that can make your life drastically easier. Oh, what’s that? What are they, you ask? Keep reading and you’ll find out.
3 Surprising Alternative Uses of EHRs
If you’re here, chances are I don’t have to define electronic health records. You know how we feel about usability and how they should be built, what they can do to better the patient experience and healthcare costs, the importance of Meaningful Use attestation and you probably have a good idea as to which one we […]
3 Reasons Your Billing Software Should be Updated
With technology advancing at lightning speed, your patient and practice needs are also evolving. This means your processes should be doing the same – and you want to start with billing software. Since this is the main aspect of your care process, it should be updated to improve patient convenience and allow you room to […]