CCHIT

Sage Intergy EHR V5.5 is CCHIT 2008 certified and is designed to complement the clinical approach of your practice. With the local presence of Bradford-Scott Data Corporation to ensure you get the proper hand holding needed and the national backing of Sage Software to continue to keep this product on the leading edge of technology; this is a duo that is untouched.

The latest Intergy EHR release focuses on maximizing clinical connectivity in order to optimize your patient’s experience and enhance your bottom line. Intergy EHR does this by touching every aspect of your practice, from enhancing patient care to maximizing billing procedures.

• Guideline-driven care for preventive measures and treatments protocols
• Advanced clinical flow-sheets provide a view of a patient’s progress and treatment effectiveness
• ePrescribing enhances accuracy and provides interaction alerts
• Orders & Tasks allow you to easily create and track orders such as mammograms, blood tests, etc.
• Drug Utilization Review (DUR) On Demand and ePrescribing provide you instant access to drug interaction information
• Clinical record summary for Interoperability improves efficiency by sharing information
• Automated patient visit templates improve documentation & analyze coding
• Patient Privacy options ensure the security of sensitive patient data
• Specialty specific product features provide tools designed for your practice

1. Bradford-Scott can help you qualify for EHR Stimulus money
2. Sage Intergy EHR v 5.5 is CCHIT certified
3. Go paperless
4. EHR adoption is contagious, get started now
5. BSDC provides Indiana EMR, Ohio EMR, Illinois EMR, Kentucky EMR and Michigan EMR
6. CMS Incentives, Medicare Incentives, and Medicaid Incentives for EMR adopters
7. Electronic prescriptions from your exam room.
8. Comply with physician quality reporting initiative (PQRI) measures
9. We offer the best training in the Midwest
10. We offer the best support and service in the Midwest
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Meaningful What? Stimulus What? Who's on first?  Can somebody explain this in 500 word or less?

Let me break down Meaningful Use as simply as I can.

• $19 billion have been allocated by the federal government to encourage the health care industry to adopt information technology (more specifically an Electronic Health Records System).
• To be eligible to get some of the $19 billion you must do 3 things

1. Be an eligible professional or hospital
2. Implement a certified EHR product between 2011 and 2014
3. Use it in a Meaningful Way

Okay, are you still with me?  Then let's go one level deeper. Let's make some assumptions:

• You are an eligible professional (doctors of medicine, etc.)
• You have or will have a certified EHR system.  (All vendors in the medical software industry will have to get their software certified (including CCHIT) or go out of business.  We are going to assume your system is or will be certified)

There are two types of incentive programs (The Medicare way or the Medicaid way).  You can pick either but you can't choose both at the same time!
 

• Medicare:  Physicians that treat Medicare patients can receive up to $44,000 payable over 5 years.

• Medicaid:  Physicians that treat Medicaid patients are eligible for up to $63,750 payable over 6 years

Are there strings attached?  Of course.  And the biggest string is called 'Meaningful Use'.  The Government isn't going to just give you some cash for buying or even implementing an EHR system.  You have to prove to them that you can use it in a meaningful way that improves patient health care.  And they plan to accomplish this string by outlining 25 objectives and ways to measure those objectives.  Most of the measurements are percentage based.  (For Example:   At least 50% of all clinical lab tests whose results are in a positive/negative or numerical format need to be recorded in the EHR as structured data.)

For a complete list of these objectives, I recommend that you check out CMS or contact Bradford-Scott.  One important note:  The Meaningful Use definition is still under a proposed state and can be commented on until March.

That's it.  That's the nutshell.  Oh, and there is one more catch.  Starting in 2015, those physicians who choose to not participate will receive a 1% reduction in their Medicare allowed charges.  This reduction will increase by 1% each year up to a maximum of 5%.

So the moral of the story is that if you have plans on implementing an EHR/EMR system don't wait.  If you begin using it in a meaningful way in 2011 you are going to get more incentive payments than implementing in 2014.  And if you don't implement by 2015 you  are going to lose Medicare reimbursements.

Do you need help on what to do next?  Whether you are cardiology, orthopedics, or family practice, contact Bradford-Scott and ask about our Sage Intergy EHR system and how it can help you prove your meaningful use and improve patient care.

(and I kept it under 500 words!)
 

• Intergy by Sage medical claims software implementation
• Intergy EHR by Sage electronic health records implementation
• CCHIT 2008 certification for Intergy EHR by Sage v5.5
• Customer service survey score of 9.52 out of 10.

Have you put your plans for an electronic medical record system (EMR) in "time out" until the Meaningful Use law goes into effect?

If so, the wait is almost over, as the law is currently in the comment period.  Once Phase I criteria has been signed into law, the push will be on as everyone will want to get their share of  the stimulus money. 

Here are a few things to consider:



TIME:  Implementing an EMR is not an overnight process.  First things first -   commit your time!  Converting paper processes into electronic ones requires that you determine what steps you currently do and then setup the most effective way to reconstruct those electronically.  With a proposed list of 25 criteria for Phase I, you can easily see that time will be a factor.

CHANGE:  Everyone from the receptionist to the physician will be affected.  Don't make the mistake of thinking that an EMR system will only affect the physician. Take the time to get the staff invested, so they respond positively to changes in the office.  Try short meetings or lunches to review where everything stands - it's a great way to soothe anxiety.

SUPPORT:  When you select your EMR software, it's also important to pick the correct vendor.  Bradford-Scott Data Corporation provides excellent service and support to our clients.  Sage Intergy EHR V5.5 is CCHIT 2008 certified and has existing templates for multiple specialties and is easily customizable.  We use a blend of onsite, webinars, classroom and computer based training to take you live on our Intergy EHR system.  Our trainers will work with you to make the transition from paper to an electronic world.

Talk to one of our medical consultants today and see why Bradford-Scott Data Corporation customers are successful with EMR.

Bradford-Scott proudly offers Electronic Health Records from Sage

Intergy EHR focuses on enhancing data intake and improving management tools to allow you to work smarter by leveraging and sharing your practice's clinical data. Listed below are some of the benefits of using Intergy EHR/medical charting software;

• Guideline-driven care allows for preventive measures and treatments protocols
• Advanced clinical flow-sheets provide a view of a patient’s progress and treatment  effectiveness
• e-Prescribing enhances accuracy and provides interaction alerts
• Predictive Order Management allows for maximized workflow efficiencies
• New Document Templates for capturing consistent, codified data (using the Medcin® database) allow flexibility to modify the outcomes

Ready to get started?

To Schedule a demonstration on our EHR software contact us at (317) 713-2065 or (800) 963-2732
 

• Intergy By Sage is a comprehensive practice management system that provides advanced scheduling, billing, and management tools that will help your practice run more smoothly and efficiently.
• Sage Intergy EHR V5.5 is CCHIT 2008 certified Electronic Health Record software that is designed to complement the clinical approach of your practice.

• Is it CCHIT certified?
• Are there templates created for my specialty? 
• Can I edit those templates ?
• Does the system use either a Medcin or Snomed database?
• How does the vendor handle training with EMR?
• What happens when training is over?
• What type of support does the vendor offer?
• Are there references I can talk to who are using the product?
• What does the vendor offer for backup and disaster recovery?
• How do I take advantage of the Stimulus package money?

Video on the progression of information technology, researched by Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod, and Jeff Bronman, remixed

In any office, the bottom line for supporting a claim is the documentation - if it's not there, you simply didn't do it.  The problem has always been to accurately and quickly document/code the visit while moving on to the next patient in a reasonable amount of time.

The answer to the problem is electronic medical records!  Purchasing a CCHIT endorsed EHR system may be the best addition for your practice you make - our Sage Intergy EHR V5.5 is CCHIT 2008 certified.

While our Intergy EHR product offers many features to increase the efficiency of your office, here are a few of the benefits that affect coding - 

• Create your own list of favorites - even categories for PQRI measures
• Medcin database checks to prevent overcoding (especially important for audits!)
• Errors are reduced as the charge detail is created when you do the progress note
• Extra bonus!  going green as you work! 
   

• Intergy - Our premiere Practice Management Software & EHR
• Enterprise Medical Software - Manage multiple practices through one data area
• Sage Intergy EHR V5.5 is CCHIT 2008 certified -  Latest Technology
• Customer Service - 2nd to NONE

You owe it to yourself to check out Bradfordscott Data Corporation.  Your physicians + Bradfordscott = SUCCESS