Early EHR Birds, ARRA Incentive Worms!

On your mark, if you are ready and set... on January 3rd, you can go!

January 3, 2011 marks the beginning of registration for those early bird EHR implementers that want to work to receive their ARRA stimulus incentives the first year of availability.

Have a Paid & Paperless Office in 2011

Tuesday, January 4th, 12:30-1:30pm EDT

Sign Up Here:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/423118810

Live From the “ONC HIT 2010 Update”

How serious is the government about you instituting high tech solutions (read this as EHR) into your office?  Well let’s just say that this first phase of Obamacare is heading straight for you and your office like a runaway train with a nuke on its heels.

If the billions of dollars they have spent and are planning to spend through the ARRA stimulus package aren’t enough.  Then you may want to listen to their logic.  If money and logic aren’t enough, then you’d better be ready for the sticks and stripes to come.

Everything you every wanted to know about HIPAA & Privacy, but were afraid to ask

Ok, during the ONC HIT conference this week, they gave an invaluable link for everything you might want or need to know about HIPAA and privacy concerns and here it is:
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/

You may be able to Pack up your “Red Flags” Come January

It looks like the FTC may have just gotten a flag on their Red Flags play.  The FTC Red Flags rulings that have been pushed forward a couple of times over the last year may finally be at a rest for physicians. 

Cheer Up!

The holidays are here, no matter which ones you celebrate hopefully you have plenty of holiday cheer.  If you don’t or you aren’t quite sure, here are some ways to boost your cheer and the cheer of those around you.  (P.S. These work any time of the year!)

Genius Solutions News Flash- Holiday 2010 Edition

We've just been sending out our Holiday News Flash... So, Happy Holidays from us here at Genius Solutions, Inc. to all of you and yours.  We wish you a great end of the year and holiday season!  Click on the title above, if you would like to see the e-mail.  It's got end of the year Tips & Tricks, news links for stuff you may have missed, and some nifty holiday pictures! 

Give us a call or e-mail us if you are not receiving our monthly e-mails, but would like too.  (It also helps if you let us know your office number or phone number so we can log it properly.) 

Medicare Pay Cuts Get Expected 1-Month Reprieve

Remember the other day when I said that the projected pay cut for today would be 23% if nothing was done to extend your Medicare payment benefits? Well, I forgot about the additional 2% lollypop they threw in on the last pass. The actual pay cut would have been 25%! It's a good thing then that Congress acted quickly upon returning to session Monday (Nov 29th).

So, here's the breakdown:

Year-End Procedures for THOMAS (Suggestions)

At Genius Solutions we understand that the end of the year can be a very stressful time for your office.  In hopes of streamlining your process we have come up with these recommends to close out last year properly.  We do not recommend posting any of next year’s charges until these steps have been completed.  During this process everyone should be out of THOMAS, and this checklist should be followed in the order given.  The length of time required to complete these functions will vary depending on the size of your practice and the amount of data that you have in your system.

ICD-10 & 5010

If you came to one of our Focus Group meetings this summer, you've seen this slide show. Just in case you missed it, but want to know more, here you go. Click on the title above to view the .pdf of the slides.

Back in the News- Medicare 23% Pay Cuts- Again!

As most of you are well aware, it took about six months to get a longer than 1 month extension to stave off the Medicare pay cuts earlier this year. Well, that extension is about to expire next Tuesday, November 30th, 2010, at the end of the day.

So, what can you expect?

WritePad is Now ONC-ATCB Certified- Yeah!

Since 1996, WritePad has led the way in Chiropractic Electronic Health Records (EHR). WritePad has always been ahead of the pack in Workflows, Chiropractic Screen Content, Randomized verbiage for your SOAP notes, and a host of patient-centric features that help you to make your patients feel well cared for, while making your life easier. It continues to lead the way today as it passed its full government ambulatory testing this week with Drummond Group, Inc. (DGI).