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0 Accountable Care and the ACO will be “Glued Together With Technology”
Jan 13, 2011. Insight, News.
After the recent election, there is a certain buzz around Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and their projected impact upon Healthcare Reform. The establishment of ACOs is part of the Affordable Care Act’s long and varied history. The ideas behind the development of ACOS are drawn from the need to significantly reduce Healthcare costs, increase quality of outcomes and offset rising prices. The proposed means of attaining these goals include incentive programs and meaningful technological integration. These provider organizations, which are community-centric and operate heavily within the depleting government Healthcare programs, are seen as the most viable candidates to become ACOs. ACOs are becoming defined as any one large organization, existing system or cluster of smaller organizations partnering as a networked, technology-driven care system with competitive and incentivized markets. ACOs will be created around quality, cost control and tracking care outcomes. These outcomes will be monitored and maintained by EHRs.
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0 Electronic health records incentives registration starts Jan. 3, 2011
Dec 22, 2010. News, Press Releases.CMS, ONC Outline Resources to Assist Eligible Providers
Today the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced the availability of registration for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive programs. CMS and ONC encouraged broad participation and outlined online and in-person resources that are in place to assist eligible professionals and eligible hospitals who wish to participate.
Beginning Jan. 3, 2011, registration will be available for eligible health care professionals and eligible hospitals who wish to participate in the Medicare EHR incentive program. On January 3, registration in the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program will also be available in Alaska, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. In February, registration will open in California, Missouri, and North Dakota. Other states likely will launch their Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs during the spring and summer of 2011.
“With the start of registration, these landmark programs get underway, and patients, providers, and the nation can begin to enjoy the benefits of widespread adoption of electronic health records,” said CMS Administrator Donald Berwick, MD. “CMS has many resources available to help providers register and participate, and we look forward to working with eligible professionals and eligible hospitals to facilitate the process, beginning on January 3rd and going forward.”
“It’s time to get connected,” said David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. “ONC and CMS have worked together over many months to prepare for the startup on January 3rd. ONC’s Certified HIT Product List includes more than 130 certified EHR systems or modules and is updated frequently. ONC also has hands-on assistance available across the country through 62 Regional Extension Centers
We look forward to continuing to work with CMS to assist eligible providers in 2011 and future years.”Eligible professionals and eligible hospitals must register in order to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs. They can do so, starting Jan. 3, 2011, at a registration site maintained by CMS.
To prepare for registration, interested providers should first familiarize themselves with the incentive programs’ requirements by visiting CMS’ Official Web Site for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs. The site provides general and detailed information on the programs, including tabs on the path to payment, eligibility, meaningful use, certified EHR technology, and frequently asked questions.
CMS announced the following key dates for the Medicare and Medicaid incentive programs’ first year:
• Jan. 3, 2011 – Registration for the Medicare EHR incentive program begins.
• Jan. 3, 2011 –States that are ready may launch their incentive programs for Medicaid providers.
• January 2011 – Some state agencies begin issuing Medicaid EHR incentive payments.
• April 2011 – Attestation for the Medicare EHR incentive program begins.
• May 2011 – Issuing of Medicare EHR incentive payments expected to begin.
• July 3, 2011 – Last day for eligible hospitals to begin their 90-day reporting period to demonstrate meaningful use for the Medicare EHR incentive program for federal FY 2011.
• Sept. 30, 2011 – Federal FY 2011 payment year ends at midnight for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs).
• Oct. 3, 2011 – Last day for eligible professionals to begin their 90-day reporting period for calendar year 2011 to demonstrate meaningful use for the Medicare EHR incentive program.
• Nov. 30, 2011 – Last day for eligible hospitals and CAHs to register and attest to receive an incentive payment for federal fiscal year 2011.
• Dec. 31, 2011 – Calendar 2011 payment year ends for eligible professionals.Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments will be available to eligible professionals, eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) when they adopt certified EHR technology and successfully demonstrate “meaningful use” of the technology in ways that improve quality, safety, and effectiveness of patient-centered care.
Professionals who meet the eligibility requirements for both the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs must select which program they wish to participate in when they register. They cannot participate in both programs; however, after receiving payment, they may change their program selection once before 2015. Hospitals that are eligible for both programs can receive payments from both Medicare and Medicaid.
Some states will launch their Medicaid EHR incentive programs beginning Jan. 3, 2011, but most will launch their programs during the spring and summer. Eligible providers with questions about their state’s launch date should contact their state Medicaid agency. Eligible providers seeking to participate in the Medicaid programs must initiate registration at CMS’ registration site but must complete the process through an eligibility verification site maintained by their state Medicaid agency.
Under the EHR incentive programs, eligible professionals can receive as much as $44,000 over a five-year period through Medicare. For Medicaid, eligible professionals can receive as much as $63,750 over six years. Under both Medicare and Medicaid, eligible hospitals may receive millions of dollars for implementing and meaningfully using certified EHR technology.
“The benefits of EHRs are widely recognized, and support for the incentive programs is strong in the health care field and among policymakers,” Dr. Berwick said. “The changeover from paper to electronic records will be challenging for clinicians and hospitals, but CMS and ONC have taken steps to ease the transition. We’ve provided flexibility in meeting the meaningful use requirements, both agencies have conducted extensive outreach, and we have the resources in place to help providers acquire certified EHR technology and meet the programs’ requirements. Immediate registration is not required, but we encourage eligible providers to sign up as soon as they have certified EHR technology and are prepared to participate. We are ready to help.”
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1 ***Dec. 14th and 15th: Live 2010 ONC Update
Dec 14, 2010. Government Initiatives, News.Big day for Healthcare reform, The ONC, CMS and HHS…
The update will cover some of the most current issues in Medicare and Medicaid incentives, HITECH act and Health Information exchange. There will probably be some announcements that will steer the discussions in 2011.
Go To: http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/hhs/101214/default.cfm?test=0&live=1&type=flv
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0 AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT: AHIMA Reacts to President’s Council Report on HIT’s Full Potential to Improve Healthcare
Dec 9, 2010. Government Initiatives, News.CHICAGO, Dec. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following statement is attributable to Rita Bowen, MA, RHIA, AHIMA President:
The American Health Information Management Association congratulates the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) for the release of today’s report that envisions the critical role electronic health records (EHRs) must play in improving healthcare as well as the Council’s advocacy for the positive impact integrated EHRs can have on advancing the delivery of high-quality healthcare services. AHIMA agrees that this is an appropriate time for the PCAST recommendations to be made and now discussed.
The goals stated by this Taskforce mirror those of AHIMA’s more than 60,000 professional health information management practitioners to achieve universal use of EHRs and a nationwide health information exchange (HIE) that does not jeopardize the protection, confidentiality and security of an individual’s health information.
AHIMA will, as requested by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), conduct a thorough review of these recommendations trusting that the federal government and the healthcare industry will also look at these requirements as applied across the healthcare industry and not just those entities that can qualify for Meaningful Use incentives.
SOURCE American Health Information Management Association
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0 EHR Scope Q&A With Justin Barnes of Greenway Medical Technologies
Dec 6, 2010. Politics and HIT.
What is your history with Greenway?
I have been with Greenway for over seven years as the Vice President of Marketing, Corporate Development and Government Affairs. My other major title is Chairmen Emeritus of the EHR Association.
When I graduated, I went to work for HBO & Company. They merged in 1999 with McKesson. After working at HBO & Co., four associates and I left to form Healinx. McKesson later acquired Healinx and renamed it RelayHealth. I was not active in the organization at that time, but I was a shareholder. McKesson RelayHealth is much larger today.
That brings me up to my present position. Greenway has grown fairly substantially while I have been present, so it has been a wonderful opportunity.
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0 HHS on ACOs: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
Nov 30, 2010. Health Information Technology.The following is a piece of an upcoming review we will be releasing on Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). It deserves a expidited mention in that it is slightly overdue…
The HHS is also taking cues from industry thought leadership. The CMS is moving to take an additional and different approach to solving some of the quandaries currently extant in Healthcare. The most recent step in CMS’ involvement in reform is the establishment of The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovations (CMMI). This specific organization will be undertaking research and workgroups focused on “patient outcomes” and “community care models.” They are even taking public comments at the moment. This center will perpetuate new efforts toward the development of ACOs in addition to finding ways to approach Medicaid and Medicare from new directions and analysis. There is an expressed interest in the speed and pace of the solutions development as an underlying layer of the CMMI strategy.
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0 *Updated* MGMA Video Interviews @ EHRtv.com
Nov 22, 2010. Companies in Action, Spotlight, Today.
Dr. Fishman and the crew are back from MGMA AC10 with some insight on the EHR landscape. Below is a partial list of the exclusive interviews.
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1 MEDHOST Announces EDIS Version 4.2 is ONC-ATCB Certified by Drummond Group
Nov 11, 2010. Press Releases.ADDISON, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MEDHOST, provider of leading healthcare throughput and emergency department software, today announced that MEDHOST EDIS (Emergency Department Information System) version 4.2 has been tested and certified under Drummond Group’s Electronic Health Records ONC-ATCB program. Drummond Group Inc. is an ONC Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB) that provides meaningful use certification for EHR systems and applications. When a complete EHR system or EHR module(s) is certified by Drummond Group, the eligible providers and hospitals can use this certified EHR technology as part of their criteria for qualifying for Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) incentive payments.
“We were glad to see the final criteria’s inclusion of ED order entry because with the volume of orders placed in the ED, our Customers will be able to meet the Stage 1 requirements more easily.”
“Our Customers continually experience improved patient care and safety, as well as streamlined operations when utilizing MEDHOST’s EDIS, and now that MEDHOST EDIS version 4.2 is ONC-ATCB certified they can further leverage the system’s many tools, such as order entry, to qualify for ARRA funds,” said Craig Herrod, president of MEDHOST. “We were glad to see the final criteria’s inclusion of ED order entry because with the volume of orders placed in the ED, our Customers will be able to meet the Stage 1 requirements more easily.”
In addition to Order Entry, Customers can leverage other features in MEDHOST’s easy-to-use EDIS to meet Stage 1 requirements. For instance, clinicians can easily document patient demographics and vital signs, including BMI and growth charts, all of which are included in the core set of Stage 1 requirements. And because the EDIS drives clinicians to specific patient care criteria based on the patient’s chief complaint, age and gender, hospitals can use it to satisfy the clinical decision support requirement. Also, the EDIS’s Continuity of Care Document (CCD), which enables hospitals to seamlessly integrate a patient’s ED information into their other systems, fulfills the electronic copy of health information requirement and makes patient information more accessible. These and other MEDHOST EDIS features not only improve patient care and safety, but the clinician-friendly design also helps hospitals promote clinician adoption and create a more complete EHR.
“Drummond Group has over ten years of software testing experience in several industries and we are pleased to bring that experience to the HIT marketplace. It is a privilege to carry out testing and certification in Electronic Health Records for HHS,” says Rik Drummond, CEO Drummond Group Inc.
“We truly are excited that our Customers can now leverage MEDHOST EDIS to qualify for ARRA funds, in addition to receiving the operational benefits that MEDHOST delivers,” said Herrod. “Helping our Customers qualify for these funds was a driving force behind MEDHOST seeking certification, and we look forward to assisting our Customers as they continue to harness the power of healthcare IT to improve patient care.”
MEDHOST currently serves more than 200 facilities, including large IDNs, rural and suburban hospitals, and several academic facilities across the U.S. MEDHOST easily integrates with leading hospital information systems, including MEDITECH, Cerner, Siemens and McKesson, Eclipsys, CPSI and HMS.
About MEDHOST, Inc.
MEDHOST is dedicated to advancing healthcare IT by developing user-friendly software solutions that improve productivity and throughput, as well as enhance the patient care experience. The MEDHOST product suite has been adopted by leading institutions throughout North America and has proven to dramatically improve house-wide patient flow, financial performance and patient satisfaction. MEDHOST’s OpCenter is an executive decision-support system that provides hospital leaders with real-time information, so they can proactively manage high-level issues that impact throughput, patient satisfaction and resource utilization. MEDHOST EDIS version 4.2 is certified under Drummond Group’s Electronic Health Records ONC-ATCB program and includes real time Patient Tracking, Nurse Charting, Physician Documentation, Order Entry and comprehensive reporting. MEDHOST’s ED Pass kiosk enables self check-in, automatically screens for high-risk conditions and feeds information into the MEDHOST EDIS to expand visibility to the waiting room and improve patient safety. Care Clock, MEDHOST’s latest technology, enables hospitals to utilize information from the EDIS and post current ED wait times on their website so patients can make more informed decisions about where to seek care for non-urgent problems. MEDHOST is headquartered in Addison, Texas.
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0 Nuance and Minnesota’s Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) Spearhead the First Statewide Effort to Help Ensure Patients Receive Appropriate High-Tech Diagnostic Imaging Tests
Nov 10, 2010. Press Releases.BURLINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) is today announcing that the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI), a nonprofit organization whose members include 60 medical groups and six sponsoring health plans throughout Minnesota and surrounding states, has licensed Nuance’s RadPort, an electronic, evidence-based, decision-support (e-Ordering) solution to support a statewide initiative to help ensure Minnesotans only receive medically appropriate high-tech (MRI, CT, PET and nuclear cardiology) diagnostic imaging (HTDI) tests.
“At Fairview Health Services, we’re ecstatic over this option. It helps our physicians get patients the right test the first time without an administrative hassle. It flows seamlessly into the normal office procedure and consumes no extra time”
The ICSI initiative, which is the first of its kind in the country, is expected to save the Minnesota healthcare community more than $28 million annually. In addition, ICSI will use Nuance’s RadCube software solution to analyze physician-ordering trends in parallel with patients’ actual clinical outcomes.
“This is an exciting statewide initiative that will yield many patient, provider, health plan and community benefits, and potentially serve as a national model for how to help reduce the more than $100 billion spent annually on high-tech diagnostic imaging tests across the U.S,” said Cally Vinz, vice president of clinical products and strategic initiatives, ICSI. “With Nuance’s electronic decision-support and patient outcome analysis solution, we will work to guide appropriate ordering at the point-of-order to ensure the best exam is ordered for the patient every time. We will also have better insight into physician ordering habits and their impact on patient care.”
After a yearlong pilot program, in which more than 4,000 physicians from five Minnesota medical groups, five health plans (Allina Medical Clinic, Fairview Health Services, HealthPartners Medical Group, Park Nicollet Health Services, and St. Mary’s/Duluth Clinic Health System, BlueCross Blue Shield of Minnesota, HealthPartners, Medica, and UCare) and the Minnesota Department of Human Services used e-Ordering to order HTDI exams, it was found that the exams ordered with evidence-based decision-support technology had an increase in medical appropriateness versus orders initiated without it. The pilot also showed that using decision-support appropriateness criteria in the physician’s office reduced patient exposure to unnecessary radiation, and contributed to a 0 percent increase in HTDI scans ordered in 2007 (following an 8 percent increase in Minnesota in 2006). During the time of the pilot, an estimated $28 million in healthcare cost savings was reported.
Since the pilot, all five medical groups have continued to use the decision-support criteria. The groups report improved patient satisfaction and clinic efficiencies, as well as a reduction in administrative costs. In total, it is estimated that by using e-Ordering for the past three years, the five medical groups have helped save Minnesota $84 million, as there has not been an increase in the use of HTDI scans in Minnesota since 2007.
A Different Approach to Prior Notification
As part of this ICSI-led initiative, Nuance is helping Minnesota medical groups order HTDI exams in the way Minnesota insurers reimburse them, which will reduce administrative costs. Medical groups that use RadPort will likely be able to forego Radiology Benefit Management (RBM) prior notification procedures that require the time-consuming task of completing phone calls to RBM companies to gain assurance of insurer reimbursement for the exam. An RBM is an organization employed by healthcare insurers to manage utilization and costs associated with high-tech diagnostic exams.
With the RadPort process, ordering clinicians enter patient-specific information along with the requested exam into the e-Ordering system; based on the exam’s utility score (clinical appropriateness) the system will either verify the order or provide alternative procedures that better suit the patient’s indications. The physician can then select the recommended procedure, or override the system’s suggestion to move ahead with their originally requested exam.
“At Fairview Health Services, we’re ecstatic over this option. It helps our physicians get patients the right test the first time without an administrative hassle. It flows seamlessly into the normal office procedure and consumes no extra time,” said Barry Bershow, MD, vice president, quality, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN.
RadPort provides access to a common set of decision-support appropriateness criteria (via direct integration into an electronic health record (EHR) or via a standalone Web portal). RadPort’s appropriateness criteria contains more than 15,000 clinical guidelines that are continuously updated in accordance with patient demographics, imaging procedures, the American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria®, as well as input from a clinical committee at Massachusetts General Hospital and other leading clinical partners across the country.
Provider Support and Patient Benefits
Electronic decision-support benefits providers, health plans and patients alike. In addition to avoiding the expenses and inefficiency of phone-in RBM prior notification, providers have immediate information about the usefulness of the high-tech imaging test they want to order. Furthermore, the immediate feedback from the RadPort system eliminates patient’s wait times for exam scheduling, reduces the risk of unnecessary radiation exposure, can enhance the patient-physician relationship through point-of-order shared decision making, and expedites high-tech imaging by increasing the likelihood that patients have the appropriate diagnostic study already done when they are referred onto a specialist.
“The ICSI solution is a win-win-win. Physicians aren’t hassled, the patient receives the right test and avoids unnecessary radiation, and the payer – whether health plan, employer, government or patient – incurs no unnecessary expense,” said Patrick Courneya, MD, medical director for care delivery systems, HealthPartners Health Plan.
Nuance’s RadCube software solution will be available for use by Minnesota medical groups and hospital-based clinics that adopt the decision-support e-Ordering option. RadCube is a Web-based intelligence tool for the collection, analysis and sharing of data that can be viewed via one interface for instantaneous analytics to drive appropriate order monitoring, forecasting, and provider productivity. ICSI will also have access to the de-identified data of all medical groups using RadCube, thereby improving the state’s knowledge of which diagnostic imaging tests get the best patient outcomes.
Nuance Working on National Level to Address Costly Inappropriate Imaging
“In alignment with President Obama’s healthcare reform goals, the initiative to reduce unnecessary exams, costs and administrative efforts that do not contribute to better patient care and improved patient outcome is an area ripe for change,” said Mike Mardini, vice president of medical imaging at Nuance. “The ICSI effort is a shining example of how we nationally should be applying healthcare IT to meaningfully impact patient care and cost of delivery. Electronic decision-support provides physicians with the information they need at the point-of-order to support the best care delivery plan possible for the patient. In addition to the $28 million dollars the ICSI initiative is expected to save annually, patients will miss less work, as well as spend less time and money on travel, day-care and co-pays associated with diagnostic imaging tests they do not need.”
As part of this nationwide effort, Nuance co-founded the Imaging e-Ordering Coalition with the Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI). This Coalition is compromised of members including Nuance, the Advanced Radiology Consultants, Alliance for Quality Imaging, American College of Radiology (ACR), CDI, Connecticut State Medical Society – IPA, GE Healthcare, Insight Imaging, MedCurrent, Medicalis Corporation, Merge Healthcare and Radnet. Currently, the Coalition is focused on educating the U.S. Congress on issues inline with the ICSI initiative. The Coalition is promoting Health Information Technology enabled decision-support (e-Ordering) as a solution to assure that all patients receive the most medically appropriate diagnostic imaging test for their specific condition at that time of care.
For more information on all of Nuance’s healthcare solutions please visit http://www.nuance.com/for-healthcare/index.htm.
Nuance’s Healthcare Business
Nuance’s healthcare portfolio of proven, speech-enabled clinical documentation and communication solutions enable healthcare provider organizations to improve financial performance, enhance patient care, and increase patient safety. With more than 10,000 healthcare provider organization customers and 450,000 clinician customers worldwide, Nuance has the experience and solutions that meet the individual needs of any size healthcare provider organization.
Nuance Communications, Inc.
Nuance is a leading provider of speech and imaging solutions for businesses and consumers around the world. Its technologies, applications and services make the user experience more compelling by transforming the way people interact with information and how they create, share and use documents. Every day, millions of users and thousands of businesses experience Nuance’s proven applications and professional services. For more information, please visit www.nuance.com.
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
Founded in 1993 by HealthPartners, Mayo Clinic and Park Nicollet Health Services, ICSI today is comprised of 60 medical group and hospital members representing 9,000 physicians in Minnesota and surrounding states, and is sponsored by six health plans in Minnesota and Wisconsin. An independent, nonprofit organization, ICSI’s mission is to champion health care quality and help its members implement best clinical practices for their patients. ICSI is also leading the transformation of the health care system into a more patient-centered and value-driven entity.
Nuance, RadPort, RadCube and the Nuance logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. All other company names or product names may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
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0 Emdeon Clinician EHR Lite Technology Receives ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 Certification
Oct 25, 2010. Press Releases.NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Emdeon Inc. (NYSE: EM), a leading provider of healthcare revenue and payment cycle management solutions, today announced that Emdeon Clinician has been certified to meet Stage 1 Certification Criteria for Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Record (EHR) Technology by the Drummond Group Inc. Emdeon Clinician is a component of Emdeon Office Suite™, which allows healthcare providers to tap into Emdeon’s vast network of payers, providers, labs and pharmacies for clinical, financial and administrative healthcare transactions.
Meaningful Use criterion under the HITECH provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) requires healthcare providers to successfully capture and exchange electronic clinical healthcare information, such as electronic prescriptions and lab orders, to receive incentives and avoid penalties in payments from Medicare and Medicaid. Emdeon Clinician is a web-native, SaaS solution offered on a subscription basis that functions as an “EHR Lite” and allows providers to meet Meaningful Use without reengineering their entire practice workflow. Emdeon Clinician also integrates easily with practice management software, allowing providers to link in their patient demographic and insurance data. Furthermore, Emdeon Clinician is compatible with electronic medical records (EMR) systems and supports bi-directional clinical information exchange.
Providers may use Emdeon Clinician as a stand-alone service, or as an integrated module within the Emdeon Office Suite. Emdeon Office Suite is an easy-to-use web-based application that simplifies everyday administrative and clinical processes, including eligibility and benefits verification, claims and payment management, patient billing and payment, as well as clinical tools that can help providers meet Meaningful Use criteria. When combined, Emdeon Office and Emdeon Clinician provide a full suite of clinical, financial and administrative capabilities in a simple, single sign-on portal.
“Emdeon Clinician gives healthcare providers a certified solution at a low cost,” said Miriam Paramore, senior vice president of clinical and government services for Emdeon. “It provides a glide path to a comprehensive EHR when the practice is ready for workflow redesign. In the meantime, it helps providers qualify for federal HITECH stimulus dollars — without unnecessary disruption and expense — and includes a money back guarantee.”
Emdeon Clinician was certified by the Drummond Group Inc., an approved Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) certifying organization as well as an ONC-Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB). The Drummond Group certifies complete EHRs, as well as EHR modules, like Emdeon Clinician, for both ambulatory and inpatient settings. Eligible professionals, eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs to collect incentive payments through Meaningful Use of electronic health record technology must use EHR technology certified by an ONC-ATCB.
The ONC-ATCB certification aligns with the standards contained in Health Information Technology: Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology published in the Federal Register in July 2010 and strictly adheres to the test procedures published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) at the time of testing.
Money back guarantee applies to Stage 1 Certification Criteria for Meaningful Use of an EMR. Emdeon will refund up to six months of fees. Terms and conditions apply. The Emdeon Clinician EHR Module is 2011/2012 compliant and has been certified by an ONC-ATCB in accordance with the applicable certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. This certification does not represent an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or guarantee the receipt of incentive payments. Emdeon Inc, 10/22/10, Emdeon Clinician 7.4, 1014201030691, NQF0013, NQF0421/PQRI128, NQF0041/PQRI110, NQF0024, NQF0028, NQF0038, NQF0059/PQRI1, NQF0064/PQRI2, NQF0061/PQRI3.
About Emdeon
Emdeon is a leading provider of revenue and payment cycle management solutions, connecting payers, providers and patients in the U.S. healthcare system. Emdeon’s product and service offerings integrate and automate key business and administrative functions of its payer and provider customers throughout the patient encounter. Through the use of Emdeon’s comprehensive suite of products and services, which are designed to easily integrate with existing technology infrastructures, customers are able to improve efficiency, reduce costs, increase cash flow and more efficiently manage the complex revenue and payment cycle process. For more information, visit www.emdeon.com
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