Monday, August 23rd starts our customer appreciation week here at BSDC!
We'll be providing demos, discounting products and services, and giving away prizes as well!! If you are a client and you haven't already submitted an entry, please let me know so I can get your practice on the list! :)
Thanks to all of you that helped Bradford-Scott enjoy of 27 years of success!!
We couldn't have done it without you and we value you as our customer!!
Since the release of
Sage Intergy 6.0, many of our current Intergy clients have upgraded. In addition, all new Sage Intergy customers installed this summer have received version 6.0 already installed.
Sage Intergy v6.0 contains hundreds of new features. Some of the highlights include:
- Immunization Registry Downloads - An automated report that can be uploaded to a state immunization registry for consolidated tracking (like CHIRP in Indiana)
- Patient Age Display has been enhanced to show hours, days, weeks, and months of age depending on child's age
- Practice Portal - major enhancements allowing attachments, secure patient information reports, and added performance
- New reports including Patients by Vaccine, Consolidated ERA Reports, Cardio Patient Matching, Health Center Quarterly Report, and more
This is just a small sampling of the many additions and changes available in Sage Intergy v6.0. For more information, contact
Bradford-Scott Data Corporation at 317-713-2065 or contact us through this blog.
Cheers,
Mike
Tonight we're going to our first Symphony on the Prairie. It's Michael Jackson night, so not only do we get to see a fantastic orchestra playing MJ songs, there is also a professional MJ impersonator singing. My kids are both violin players and my son is a big MJ fan, so it should be a good time. Oh, and did I mention you can bring beverages in?
A successful symphony relies on many individual people and instruments working together.
Bradford-Scott Data Corporation has been successful for similar reasons. Our
Intergy,
Intergy EHR, MENDS, and Navigator customers' success depends on us working together. As a value added reseller, we have team members that provide training, consulting, programming, system administration, network administration, hardware support, and hardware repair.
Bradford-Scott's best-in-class
service and support keeps getting better. We work together to orchestrate the finest solutions for our customers. To find out how Bradford-Scott can provide you with Intergy electronic health records and practice management, contact us through this blog.
RIP Michael.
Cheers,
Mike
For years I've been hearing about the CMS Incentive program being available as Medicare Incentives and Medicaid Incentives. But until today I didn't know how those would be allocated. Healthimaging.com's article, "
CMS webinar: Eligible professionals can expect EHR incentives in 2011" states that the ARRA rules define differences between the two programs.
While the Medicare incentive program is run on a federal level by CMS, the Medicaid incentive program is run at a state level and is voluntary. The definitions of eligible professionals vary as well. The programs define them as follows:
Medicare eligible professionals:
- Doctors of medicine or osteopathy;
- Doctors of dental surgery or dental medicine;
- Doctors of podiatric medicine;
- Doctors of optometry; and
- Chiropractors.
Medicaid eligible professionals:
- Physicians;
- Nurse practitioners;
- Certified nurse-midwives;
- Dentists; and
- Physician assistants working in a federally qualified health center (FQHC) or rural health clinic (RHC) that is also led by a physician assistant.
For more information about the
ARRA Program and how it may affect your office, check out the links above or visit the
Bradford-Scott website to learn more.
Cheers,
Mike
An
article at www.healthimaging.com says that during a CMS webinar on 8/8/10, it was stated that eligible health care professionals can receive incentives in 2011. Just buying electronic health records does not guarantee CMS incentive payments; meaningful use must be demonstrated.
Here are the three main objectives when defining meaningful use:
- Use of certified EHR in a meaningful manner (e.g.,e-prescribing);
- Use of certified EHR technology for electronic exchange of health information to improve quality of health care; and
- Use of certified EHR technology to submit clinical quality measures (CQM) and other such measures selected by the Secretary.
Bradford-Scott is proud to offer
Sage Intergy EHR to help you on your way to fulfilling meaningful use requirements. We'll be with you throughout every step of your EHR adoption. For more information or for an EHR demo, call 317-713-2065.
Cheers,
Mike
This week has been the hottest week yet this summer. Temps are in the 90s and heat index is in the 100s! My kids are both in cross country and they've had to run in some very warm temperatures. So far I've run each evening this week and I plan to do it again tonight. It's a great way to lose weight (or pass out)!
It's been a hot summer for
Bradford-Scott Data Corporation as well. Sales of
Sage Intergy v6.0 and
Sage Intergy EHR have been coming in at record levels. The 'big board' where we keep track of new clients, data conversions, and electronic health records implementations is full. It's not uncommon for our service and support staff to be working with multiple new customers.
If you haven't joined the Intergy revolution yet, there's still time. We've got the products you need, but even more importantly, we've got the best
service and support in the Midwest. Click the links for more information, or to see a practice management or EHR demo, reply to this blog.
Stay cool!
Cheers,
Mike
One of the most powerful features of
Sage Intergy and
Sage Intergy EHR is one you may never see. Built in to both of the Intergy products is the Remote Monitoring System (RMS). RMS is a powerful program that monitors your server and software for system health.
RMS provides the following advantages:
- Monitors system resources
- Monitors system performance
- Ensures regular backups
- Delivers upgrades to system
Want more? RMS emails us here
Bradford-Scott any time a problem is detected with your backup or system performance. We know before you do! For more information on Sage Intergy or RMS, contact us via this blog or at 317-713-2065.
Cheers,
Mike
Mark your calendars! If you're an existing
Bradford-Scott Data Corporation PM or EMR client, we've got a special week in store for you. BSDC Customer Appreciation Week is August 23 through August 27. This year we're giving gifts and prizes to our customers such as:
- 3 Months Free Software Maintenance
- Apple iPod Shuffle
- Gift Card
There are several ways to enter, such as:
- Participating in a PM or EHR web demo
· PM Demo 8/27 @ 11AM
· EHR Demo 8/27 @ 12:30PM
- Requesting a customized training session
- Locking in maintenance rates
- Scheduling a personalized workflow analysis
- Any software or hardware Purchase
- Submitting a BSDC testimonial
- Submitting a referral
Stay tuned for more details!
Cheers,
Mike
The government has put incentives in place for Regional Extension Centers (RECs) to assist smaller physician groups in their search for a
electronic health records (EHR) system. The RECs will support and serve health care providers to help them quickly become adept and meaningful users of
EHR systems. RECs are designed to make sure that primary care clinicians get the help they need to use
EHRs.
RECs will:
- Provide training and support services to assist doctors and other providers in adopting EHRs
- Offer information and guidance to help with implementation
- Give technical assistance as needed
The goal of the program is to provide outreach and support services to at least 100,000 priority primary care providers within two years.
ONC has funded 60 RECs in virtually every geographic region of the United States to ensure plenty of support to health care providers in communities across the country.
Bradford-Scott Data Corporation is a value added reseller for a nationally installed RECs recognized EHR system for the Midwest. You can learn more about us at
www.bradfordscott.com
Why consider an
Electronic Medical Records System?
• Improved Coding - With better documentation tools, your coding will be more accurate. Where there is more accuracy, better patient care and, in most cases, higher reimbursements will follow.
• Storage - Where are you putting those charts? Keeping them on-site takes up too much space and keeping them off-site takes up too much of your money. Use your space for another exam room and use your money for whatever you want, not renting the unnecessary.
•
e-Prescribing - Did you know that, on average, your staff spends 10 minutes handling prescription refill calls alone? How many of these calls are they taking each day? You're paying them how much per hour?
• Malpractice Premiums - Did you know that some insurance carriers offer discounts to those providers using
EHR? It's true... Some even offer discounts all the way up to 20%, and for you specialty practices out there, this type of saving would more than cover the cost of your EHR.
• No More Chart Pulls - With an average cost of $5 per chart pull, how much money would your practice save? The average is 30 chart pulls per day, what would you do with an extra $39,150 per year?
If you wait until you are forced to implement an
Electronic Health Records system, will you end up with one that you have no control over? Call us today to view a demo of Intergy EHR. Intergy EHR meets all of the Stage 1 criteria to receive your incentives.
It's not a question of "if", it's a question of "when".
Everybody wants to know just how early they can get their ARRA EHR stimulus money so let's take a look.... Considering that you already have a "
certified EHR" and you have been showing "meaningful use" of it for 90 days, here's what you may be able to expect...
- Medicaid - When it comes to Medicaid, it is up to each state to determine how they will pay out the ARRA EHR stimulus money. Sure, some will most likely try to keep it as to close to the Medicare model as possible, but we'd be silly to thing that some states wouldn't go in a completely different direction.
- Medicare - The earliest that we'll see Medicare ARRA EHR stimulus money is in the spring of 2011. Remember, you have to prove "meaningful use" of your "certified EHR" for a minimum of 90 days to receive the incentives.
So what does this mean for you? If you are going after Medicare payments, and you want your first check of $18,000 as early as spring 2011, you need to purchase, implement, fully train and be using your new
EHR by fall 2010. If you want to have that done, you need to be purchasing now. It will take months to install and train you for EHR, and there are already lines forming. So what are you waiting for?
The use of
electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) is effectively preventing adverse drug reactions and reducing medical costs, according to researchers from Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
A recent study, posted in
Archives of Internal Medicine, found that 7.3% of e-prescribing attempts resulted in alerts. Of the 279,476 alerts that were studied, physicians overrode 91.1% of them. Even though the electronic prescriptions technology was over-ridden in those cases, it still helped prevent 402 adverse drug issues. Here are more things that those alerts likely prevented:
- 3 deaths
- 14 permanent disabilities
- 31 temporary disabilities
- 39 hospital admissions
- 34 emergency room visits
- 267 physician office visits
This study was taken from only the first half of 2006 Massachusetts prescription data, and it is estimated that the use of
electronic prescriptions ended with an overall savings of $402,619.
Electronic prescribing is a ARRA incentive requirement. Sage Intergy EHR V5.5 is CCHIT 2008 certified and includes this feature, and Bradford-Scott also offers a stand-alone version as well.
Contact us today.
Another big customer has upgraded to Sage Intergy! One of Bradford-Scott's largest and oldest customers has made the leap and upgraded to
Sage Intergy 6.0. Soon they'll reap the benefits that Intergy has to offer, including electronic prescriptions, integrated claim status, and state of the art billing.
They are also looking into EHR adoption.
Sage Intergy EHR is one of the most successful electronic health records products in the nation, providing solutions to thousands of providers nationwide.
If you're ready to upgrade your office to the best Indiana EHR system available, give us a call.
Bradford-Scott is also a provider of Kentucky EHR, Illinois EHR, Ohio EHR, and Michigan EHR, and we provide the best service and support in the Midwest. Contact medical sales at 317-713-2065 or reply to this blog for more information.
Cheers,
Mike
Bradford Scott Data Corporation is hosting Customer Appreciation Week August 23, 2010-August 27, 2010.
Highlights include:
- Prizes and Giveaways
- Practice Management Demonstration
- Electronic Health Records Demonstration
- Exclusive Client Discounts
- Customized Training Sessions
- Personalized Workflow Analysis
Give
Bradford Scott Data Corporation a call today to learn more. We can be reached at 317-713-2065.
Bradford-scott Data Corporation is the midwest's largest Practice Managment and EHR vendor and is proud to offer Intergy by Sage as our EHR and practice managment solution. Bradford-Scott proudly serves the greater five state area of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Kentucky with practice management and EHR/EMR software. Some larger recent Intergy clients in Illinois include the following:
- Sage North America today announced that Danville Polyclinic, Ltd., the largest comprehensive multi-specialty clinic in Danville, Ill., has chosen Sage Intergy EHR for its electronic documentation needs across 40 providers.
Danville Polyclinic, which services as many as 1,000 patient encounters a day, was searching for the following:
- Looking to employ an electronic health record (EHR) solution that would improve coding accuracy and reportability
- They also wanted to streamline workflow processes, ultimately enabling the clinic to enhance the quality of care for its patients.
- Implementation of Sage Intergy EHR throughout the practice will be complete in May 2010, per Sage.
Sandy Knauer director of Information services states, "We've been very impressed with Sage throughout our history using Sage Intergy Practice Management and Sage Practice Analytics," ... "When we made the decision to roll out an electronic health records system, Sage was the obvious choice; not only from an integration perspective but also for Intergy's ease-of-use and robust features." So if you are a medical provider in Illinois searching for an EHR or practice managment solution why not contact Bradford-Scott about EMR adoption, BSDC will be happy to assist you with your Illinois EMR and practice management needs. For more information please feel free to visit our website WWW.bradfordscott.com or call Monica to schedule a demo at (317) 713-2065 or (800)963-2732.
Is your practice using an electronic script writing software? If not you might want to invest in one. This is not only a more secure way to submit patient medications to the pharmacy, but there is also a kickback offered to all medical offices that are using a true e-script medical software product from Medicare. This functionality will also be required for your practice to qualify for meaningful use and receive government stimulus money.
Bradford-Scott's EMR system allows the doctor, or medical practice, to send and answer prescription requests directly from within the Electronic Medical Records Software. This causes little disruption to the doctors day as he can quickly answer the request while seeing patients. The newest feature of the E-scripting software will allow the doctor to submit controlled substances electronically. This will also save the doctor time in writing out prescriptions.
With the combination of the a more secure way to submit patient prescriptions, and the ease of use to the doctor and clinical staff, eprescribing is a valuable asset to any medical facility.
Well, It's 4:25 on Friday.
So everyone is probably looking forward to their weekend plans. Those plans probably don't include searching for a new practice management software system or scheduling a EMR Demo, but EMR adoption is something to put on your calendar for further investigation. So go ahead and plan your weekend outing or picnic, but before you leave the office make a note on your calender to call Bradfordscott Data Services for more information about our newest product offering Intergy by Sage. We offer Intergy Practice Management and EHR solutions. When you get in on Monday either visit our website
www.bradfordscott.com or call us at 317-713-2065 or (800) 963-2732 for more information and to schedule a Demonstration of our products.
- Enjoy your weekend and relax
- Then contact us
Look around your office and notice all the stacks of paper everywhere. With an integrated EMR system all the stacks of paper can be eliminated through document imaging. Most EMR vendors will discuss converting your paper chart into an electronic chart. However they do not focus on all the other paper documents in the office. Each Medical office receives, radiology reports, discharge letters, referral letters, lab results, and many other items daily in a paper format.
Bradford-Scott Data Corp has an EMR product that can convert all your paper into electronic files no matter how they get to your office. There are many items that come into the office through fax. With a faxing solution these items can be directly imported into the system and sent to the doctor for review and stored in the patient chart.
Another way to cut out the paper is to receive your Radiology reports, Ultrasounds, hospital reports, and an other paper documentation on an cd and then import them into the system using the imaging feature in your EMR system.
Your Medical Office can even go a step further and scan in all their EOB's into an electronic file cabinet. So can staff information, patient education, and doctors registration. Security settings within the EMR system can be set to only all certain people to see certain types of documents.
The opportunities to eliminate paper in your office are endless. You will not only make it easier to find the medical records you are looking for, but also help environment by cutting back on the use of paper. Electronic Medical Records Systems make it easy to organize your office.
On January 16, 2009, HHS and HIPAA announced the adoption of the ANSI 5010 standard. It will replace the current 4010 standard for electronic claim, eligibility, and remittance transaction formats. In addition, ICD-10 diagnosis code reporting is included in this format. The deadline for electronic compliance is January 1, 2012, and the deadline for ICD-10 compliance is October, 2013.
Sage Health has been monitoring these changes and programming the requirements into
Sage Intergy and
Sage Intergy EHR. Software enhancements will be delivered beginning with Sage Intergy v6.0 and will continue throughout 2011.
If you are a
Bradford-Scott customer that uses Sage Intergy, your best bet is to begin learning about the 5010 requirements and start to develop a 5010 readiness plan. This plan, along with Intergy software updates, will ensure that you will be ready when the 5010 deadline rolls around.
A recent article on healthdatamanagement.com says:
"The Affordable Care Act requires the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to develop a plan by Jan. 1, 2012, to move toward integrating the reporting measures under the electronic Physician Quality Reporting Initiative and the electronic health records meaningful use incentive program of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act."
The proposed rule was set to be published on July 13. It goes on to state,
"In an effort to align PQRI with the EHR incentive program, we propose to include many ARRA core clinical quality measures in the PQRI program to demonstrate meaningful use of EHR and quality of care furnished to individuals."What does this mean to you? It means that EHR adoption is even more important. To learn more about how
electronic health records can help you fulfill the requirements for the Affordable Care Act, contact
Bradford-Scott Data Corporation.
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