My husband and I own a 109 year old house that we are restoring. Our current project is windows, insulation, and new siding. This is a huge undertaking, but it is actually going fairly well. We bought 16 new windows this spring to do the project. I made sure that they were Energy Star qualified so we would qualify for the $1500 credit. Well...... completing the paperwork for my Tax credit I find that the windows are .001 UVFR away from qualifying for the credit. Lesson learned, make sure you qualify before purchasing!
Point of the story is dealing with the requirements for tax credits can be tricky. So when you are implementing an EMR System and Electronic Prescribing Software, be sure to fully understand Meaningful Use and all requirements for receiving your EMR Stimulus money.
Bradford-Scott Data Corp not only keeps up-to-date with the changes in Meaningful Use and what that means to our practices, but we also provide a guide to let you know what Meaningful Use means to you. What Electronic Medical Records Features are required for you to qualify as a EHR Systems user and qualify for the stimulus money!
One of the coolest features in Bradford-Scott's EMR System is the Flowsheets screen. We can customize your EMR system to show the items that you wish to track and also group them together based on condition that you are trying to monitor.
Here are some of the features:
Customize list of vitals, findings, and lab results to show on the patients flowchart. in the Patient Records System.
Graphing- Display a visual graph of the change in a component of the flowsheet over time. You can graph one item or several items together.
Medication Duration- The screen will display the medications that the patient is taking in comparison to the items that you are tracking in your flowsheet. This will quickly show the provider how the medication is affecting the patients findings.
Growth Chart- There is a built in growth chart that will plot and child's height and weight automatically.
Flowsheets are just another great feature in Electronic Medical Records that will make it easier for providers to care for their patients.
This week at Bradford-Scott we have a Technical Trainer in to provide additional training on our EMR System and Medical Software System. There are some things we already know and some things that are new to us. It is important to continuously educate yourself on your systems for there might be something that makes your job easier!
Continuing Education is important to our Electronic Health Records, and Medical Software System clients. Bradford-Scott Data Corp provides free classes that can either be attended in a webinar or classroom environment. These classes cover different areas of the software systems. This allows you to take courses on areas that are most needed.
I have a Medical Software client that attends a basic overall training session once a year. This person leaves the class with something new each time. She says that she will continue to come once a year because she has found so many shortcuts that make her day to day tasks easier.
75% of the public supports the movement of electronic health records, but will the technology really make us safer? Here are my top 5 favorite reasons for thinking that they will....
Less trips to the doctor's office - When we can email our doctors instead of having to set appointments for every little thing, like a prescription refill, we will be saving time and money! Less time taken off of work, less money spent in gas, and less time spent waiting in the lobby will always be positives in my book.
Access to your medical records on vacation - With EHR technology being rapidly embraced, it's just a matter of time before doctors and hospitals will be able to share our medical records. If I'm off getting married in Vegas, and I need to seek medical attention, my doctor from the Hoosier state can send my info with a touch of a button. I don't know about you, but I don't like having to re-take tests and blood work if I don't have to!
No more leaving messages and calling back for lab results - How many times have you called for your results, only to be told to call back later? Wouldn't it be nice if we could just log on and see the results for ourselves? Very nice!
No more hauling X-rays and medical files - If we are referred to a specialist, that physician will need our past records, tests, and/or X-rays. But what id they could just retrieve them like a digital picture? No more sorting through papers, waiting for faxes, or hauling them yourself.
Prescriptions - When prescriptions are transmitted electronically, the system automatically checks for interactions and correct dosage. Do you go to more then one doctor for more than one reason? Now you don't have to worry if the pharmacist will catch it. Electronic prescriptions have saved millions already, and the doctor gets a kick-back right now from Medicare, what's not to love?
If your physician is not taking advantage of electronic health records, it's time for you to ask why. With the ARRA(Stimulus) incentives that are available, it has never been a better time to make a move.
This week I had a training session on Tuesday evening from 5-7pm on our Electronic Medical Records Software program. Bradford-Scott offers training times during the day and in the evenings to give your practice time to learn the EMR System and not interfere with your patient load. The training session was covering the Provider Desktop and Patient Charting. These are two areas of our EMR product that will be used daily by the clinical staff and providers.
The Provider Desktop consists of the providers schedule, Open Task, Open Encounters, and Open Orders. Our EMR System starts the provider out on this screen as a snapshot of all the items they would typically want to monitor.
Patient Charting was the next topic covered. There are many items in this area required to receive Medicare Incentives. Tabs represent different areas of the patients chart. Much like the tabs that are in your paper chart. Except these are items are easy to read and update. There is no need to dig around the chart in search of a document, everything is properly stored under it's specific tab as it is entered in the system.
The training session went well the doctors were more than thrilled with the Health Maintenance Screen. He quoted that to be his favorite screen of the system so far!
So now that you have purchased an Electronic Medical Records System you are having problems adjusting to documenting your patients visit on your new system. You may be feeling like you are so focused on your computer that you are not even looking at your patient. You may feel like it takes you three times as long to do the same amount of patient charting. Here are a few tips to make EMR Adoption an easier process.
Start the visit without your computer to maintain that patient doctor relationship
Face the patient with the laptop or tablet on your lap. This way it is easier to look at the patient from time to time and try to keep that patient relationship strong.
Practice, Practice, Practice...before going live on the EMR system take a few visits from each day and enter into the system. It may be extra time added to your work day but will make you feel more confident when the patient is in front of you.
Only choose certain visits and start slow. Do not plan on documenting a whole days worth of patients visits your first day, most likely you will get frustrated and quit using it all together.
Do not get hung up on one particular finding that you want to document and cannot find. Write it down and then ask your support team later.
These are just a few of our tips that we offer when implementing an EMR System. Bradford-Scott has been in the business of Medical Software for over 25 years. With our experience we offer the best support in the business.
A few years ago you could mention the acronym EMR and nobody knew what you were talking about. Today you mention EMR and everybody knows what it is, and it does not matter if you are speaking with a medical professional or patient. So what is the point of EMR and how can you benefit from implementing your Electronic Medical Records System?
Electronic Medical Records are used to create better tracking and reporting on patient care to ultimately allow providers to better care for their patients. One of the major features is the Health Maintenance piece. This feature will automatically put the patient in a preventative group of health guidelines based on age and sex. It will also apply a set of care condition guidelines based on the patients problem list.
The doctor is reminded of these care guidelines every time a patent's chart is accessed. As these guidelines are satisfied they will be removed from the list until they are due again. This feature is key to ensure that your patients are being treated for everything that is needed for them individually.
There are many other features of Electronic Medical Records that provide better care to patients. Health Maintenance is just one many. Contact Bradford-Scott Data Corp for more information.
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".
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.
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.
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.
Bradford-Scott Data Corporation, a premier Indiana Electronic Medical Records (EMR) vendor is proud to announce a state-of-the-art Remote Monitor System (RMS) for its Intergy Enterprise Medical Software clients. With RMS, a doctor's office now has peace-of-mind knowing that their Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Practice Management (PM) systems are running error-free, all-the-time.
Unlike most other Enterprise Medical Software products, Bradford-Scott's Sage Intergy Enterprise Medical Software solution provides real-time remote system monitoring with the built-in Remote Monitor System (RMS).
With RMS, not only does Bradford-Scott monitor each of their client's medical billing systems, proactively looking for critical errors that could lead to unnecessary system downtime, but also they provide continuous software updates, ensuring that their clients always have the latest, most advanced medical billing software available.
To find out more about this sophisticated Indiana EMR solution, call Mike Bessignano at Bradford-Scott Data Corporation at 317-713-2065 for an EMR Demo.
Let's face it. In order for a doctor's office to maximize its efficiency, patients have to show up on-time for their appointments. Traditionally, an office would pay an employee to manually call patients, reminding them of their upcoming appointments. Now, however, with Intergy Practice Management (PM), Electronic Medical Records (EMR), or Enterprise Medical Software systems, Bradford-Scott Data Corporation offers the PhoneTree Patient messaging system which can do this calling automatically.
In the PhoneTree patient messaging system, an office not only has an automatic way to reduce no-shows, but also has a pain-free collection module. Quite simply, the PhoneTree messaging system pays for itself in the time that employees don't have to spend doing mundane tasks, usually in just a matter of months.
For more information about PhoneTree other Indiana Enterprise Medical Software Solutions, please call Mike Bessignano at Bradford-Scott Data Corporation @ 317-713-2065.
On July 14th 2010 The Indianapolis Star (INDYSTAR.COM) had an article from the associated press concerning the Federal government offering cash incentives to purchase Electronic Health Records.
It states “ Starting next year, doctors’ offices can get federal money to help defray the costs of the systems”. It further states “Providers who don’t comply by the year 2015 will face cuts in Medicare payments.”
The government enticement and deadline may cause Doctors to make hasty decisions and choose an inferior, little support, or over priced system.
If you are a physician thinking about purchasing EHR then checkout Bradford Scott Data Corporation. Centered in the Midwest in Indianapolis Indiana.
We handle the sale, installation, training and support for EHR and Practice Management systems.
Service is our highest quality with a 2009 customer rating of 9.52 out of possible 10.
The ARRA Regulations require meaningful use when determining whether an entity qualifies for Medicare incentives. It may sound easy, but check out the first paragraph in this article I found on civsourceonline.com: "According to a new survey, eight in ten hospital chief information officers (CIOs) are worried they will not meet the “meaningful use” requirements for electronic health records (EHRs) by 2015."
That's a pretty serious statement. Though Bradford-Scott doesn't work directly with hospital information systems, we do work with many physicians who are affiliated with a hospital. Bradford-Scott has been working with electronic medical records for several years and can help you achieve meaningful use. What you need first is an EMR system. Click to learn more about Sage Intergy EHR. Better yet, call us at 317-713-2065 to schedule an EHR demo. We can show you how to comply with the ARRA rules so you can get your incentives. It's time to get started. We can get you ready, but you've got to act soon to comply in time. We hope to hear from you!
Has all the hype about Electronic Health Records(EHR) and Meaningful Use got you confused?
Do you need to start at the beginning with the ARRA regulations or are you looking for the latest and greatest information for the Meaningful Use Rules implementation and incentive requirements?
CMS(Centers for Medicare & Medicaid) has just added a site specifically to provide answers for these questions:
This new site has the all the ARRA regulations and guidance as well as sections for:
Getting Started
Eligibility
Certification
Meaningful Use
Medicare & Medicaid Eligible Professionals
This site will continue to be updated as additional rules are passed and implementation procedures are modified, so be sure to mark it as a favorite!
As you get more comfortable with the regulations and begin your search for an electronic medical record system, start with Bradford-Scott Data Corporation. As a Channel Partner for SAGE, we offer the Intergy EHR system. Our service and support make us the best team to partner with as you begin your steps into a medical electronic world. Contact us today at our website- or give us a call at 317 713-2065.
Now is a very lucrative and exciting time for MEDICAL SOFTWARE SALES!
With 20 billion dollars in stimulus money, the entire medical industry is in a foot race to convert their offices to Electronic Health Records (EHR) and become paperless. Bradford-Scott Data Corporation is one of the Midwest’s largest Healthcare IT companies that specialize in selling and servicing these products!
Bradford-Scott has a rich history with 27 years experience of selling Medical Software Systems. Our customers recently ranked us at 9.52 on a scale of 10 for customer satisfaction!
We are looking for a Software Sales Consultant to join our Sales Team and work remotely within the Ohio territory.
For more information, or to apply for this position, click here.
Sure, Intergy by Sage and Sage Intergy EHR are two of the best products available. At Bradford-Scott, our mission is to provide the best service and support for those products. We know that getting a new enterprise medical software or electronic health records system is a big change. That's why we offer extensive training and unlimited telephone support.
Each year we measure our customer satisfaction. In 2009 we sent surveys to each of our clients. The results were overwhelming, and we received a 9.52 score (on a scale from 1 to 10 with 10 being the highest). This was our best score to date and represented an increase over last year.
Bradford-Scott Data Corporation prides itself on providing the best support for or Indiana EMR, Ohio EMR, Illinois EMR, Michigan EMR, and Kentucky EMR customers. This was explained to me on the day I was hired 18 years ago and it's still true. If you're already a customer, you know. If you're not yet a customer, now you know what you're missing.
This just in from: National Government Services' Jurisdiction B
CEDI Ordering/Referring Provider Edits
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated the “OrderingReferringReport” file containing the National Provider Identifier (NPI) and the name (last name, first name) of all physicians and nonphysician practitioners who are of a type/specialty that is eligible to order and refer in the Medicare Program and who have current enrollment records in Medicare (i.e., they have enrollment records in Provider Enrollment Chain & Ownership System (PECOS) that contain an NPI).
This file is downloadable from the Medicare provider/supplier enrollment Web site www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicareProviderSupEnroll, click on “OrderingReferringReport” on the left-hand side.
Note: The “Ordering Referring Report” is a large .pdf file (20000 KB). Due to the large size, CEDI suggests you right click and select “Save as” before attempting to open this file.
The Common Electronic Data Interchange (CEDI) receives PECOS updates Monday through Saturday and some holidays with physicians and nonphysician practitioners who are of a type/specialty that is eligible to order and refer in the Medicare program. These updates are incorporated by CEDI to be used to perform the PECOS edits.
In order to determine if the ordering and/or referring provider submitted on the claim to CEDI matches the records with PECOS, CEDI performs the following steps:
1. CEDI first checks if the Ordering/Referring Provider's NPI submitted on the claim is on the file CEDI has received from PECOS.
If not, the CEDI edit will set.
2. If the NPI matches the PECOS file, CEDI then verifies the Ordering/Referring Provider's name as submitted on the claim matches the name associated with the NPI.
CEDI compares the first four characters of the last name to the Ordering/Referring Provider's name received from PECOS
CEDI compares the first letter of the first name to the Ordering/Referring Provider's name received from PECOS
If the first or last name does not match, the CEDI edit will set.
Suppliers should:
Verify with the provider who ordered or referred services that they are enrolled in PECOS.
Submit the Ordering/Referring Provider's name as enrolled with PECOS.
Do include spaces in last names. For example, if the ordering/referring provider’s last name is “A BCDE” do not submit the last name as “ABCDE”
Do include special characters in last names. For example, if the ordering/referring provider’s last name is “A-BCDE” or “A’BCDE” do not submit the last name as “ABCDE”
Do not use nicknames (“BOB” for “ROBERT”)
Do not use credentials (“DR JOHN” for “JOHN”)
Submit the name in upper case letters. Lower case letters will not find a match on the PECOS file as the PECOS file only contains upper case.
Submit the Type 1 (individual physician’s) NPI and name of the Ordering/Referring Provider. If the Type II (physician’s group) NPI and name is submitted, a match will not be found on the PECOS file.
When the CEDI front end edits begin rejecting claims, suppliers will be able to correct and resubmit the claims once the physician or nonphysician practitioner has updated their enrollment in PECOS. The PECOS edits are based on date of receipt and not date of service.
***It is tough enough to keep up with all the changes that billers need to know to get their claims paid. So you want to make sure that you have the best EHR and Practice Management systems available and the customre service to back them up. I have heard horror stories about medical software support and our customers just can't stop telling us how great they think our service really is. We even scored a 9.54 out of 10 on our customer surveys for 2009. How great is that? Our product, Sage Intergy, is a complete preactice management, billing and EHR product that is CCHIT certified.
My husband and I own a 109 year old house that we are restoring. Our current project is windows, insulation, and new siding. This is a huge undertaking, but it is actually going fairly well. We bought 16 new windows this spring to do the project. I made sure that they were Energy Star qualified so we would qualify for the $1500 credit. Well...... completing the paperwork for my Tax credit I find that the windows are .001 UVFR away from qualifying for the credit. Lesson learned, make sure you qualify before purchasing!
This week I had a training session on Tuesday evening from 5-7pm on our Electronic Medical Records Software program. 
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 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. 
Let's face it. In order for a doctor's office to maximize its efficiency, patients have to show up on-time for their appointments. Traditionally, an office would pay an employee to manually call patients, reminding them of their upcoming appointments. Now, however, with Intergy Practice Management (PM), Electronic Medical Records (EMR), or Enterprise Medical Software systems, 
Has all the hype about Electronic Health Records(EHR) and Meaningful Use got you confused? 
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