{"id":7773,"date":"2013-06-28T17:41:38","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T21:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poweryourpractice.com\/?p=7773"},"modified":"2013-06-28T17:41:38","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T21:41:38","slug":"weekly-checkup-june-24-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carecloud.com\/continuum\/weekly-checkup-june-24-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Checkup: June 24-28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With June pretty much in the books, we\u2019ve already reached the halfway point of the year. But we aren\u2019t going to sit back and reflect just yet. <strong>A big development stole the spotlight this week<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re talking about the immigration reform bill that just passed through the Senate. It\u2019s such an important change, we dedicated two posts to it. It\u2019s not like we forgot about some of the industry\u2019s more important topics, either. We had a few EHR security and RCM pieces were sprinkled in to round things out.<\/p>\n<p><strong><!--more-->Power Your Practice<\/strong><br \/>\nUnder Senate Bill 744 most currently illegal immigrants will not have access to public health benefits until after 10 years. My colleague <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/medical-practice-resources\/how-immigration-reform-will-benefit-healthcare\/\">Xavier doesn\u2019t believe<\/a> they should have to wait that long.<\/p>\n<p>Billings and collections processes are the areas most commonly targeted by physicians trying to improve operational performance. So <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/revenue-cycle-management\/4-secrets-enriching-revenue-cycle\/\">what\u2019s the best route<\/a> to take when trying to improve your revenue cycle?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/electronic-health-records\/cloud-based-ehrs-myths\/\">This contributed piece<\/a> <strong>debunks four myths about the security capabilities<\/strong> of cloud-based EHRs.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/medical-practice-resources\/improving-the-roi-of-your-ehr\/\">fourth installment<\/a> of our five-part whitepaper series addresses the best practices to follow for a successful EHR transition.<\/p>\n<p>In reply to Xavier\u2019s piece, I reasoned that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/medical-practice-resources\/immigration-reform-hurt-healthcare\/\">10 years is a perfect buffer period<\/a> for the healthcare industry to prepare for an influx of patients should Senate Bill 744 pass.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CareCloud Blog<\/strong><br \/>\nLast Thursday, CareCloud and the Intel Corporation held a webinar about <strong>unlocking the security benefits of cloud-based EHRs<\/strong>. Check out some of the questions attendees asked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/blog\/carecloud-intel-webinar-cloud-based-security-health-it-ehr\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a bit of local news, Project Lift Miami recently partnered with the Innovation Center at the University of Miami to create <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/blog\/project-lift-brings-health-tech-accelerator-to-university-of-miami\/\">the only digital health focused start up<\/a> accelerator in South Florida.<\/p>\n<p><strong>That about sums up the week. If you\u2019re looking for more from PYP, sign up for our email list.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With June pretty much in the books, we\u2019ve already reached the halfway point of the year. But we aren\u2019t going to sit back and reflect just yet. A big development stole the spotlight this week. We\u2019re talking about the immigration reform bill that just passed through the Senate. 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