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With less than 90 days until the mandatory adoption of ICD-10, many physicians are left scrambling with no support or direction from their EHR company. The official deadline of October 1, 2015 will create frustration with many physicians that simply will not be prepared for ICD-10. For MD Logic customers the transition to ICD-10 will be stress-free and the easiest in the EHR/PM industry.
As the deadline for ICD10 approaches, healthcare providers now have less than 110 days to prepare for the new government mandate. Beginning October 1, 2015, all diagnosis will need to be coded to ICD10. That means all established patients will need to be treated as new patients and have their problem list updated to comply with ICD10 codes. The good news for MD Logic customers will be the ability to use the MD Logic Patient Kiosk to collect this data and comply with ICD10.
It is the responsibility of each provider to document care in the progress note to support all services that were provided to the patient. If the service was provided but was not documented in clinical record then technically the service was not provided. During an audit the insurance carrier has the right to request a refund for all services not supported in the clinical record.
In healthcare communicating with patients and ensuring that patient’s return for follow up visits has become a full time job for most clinics. The liability of missed appointments in many cases falls on the responsibility of each clinic. A simple missed appointment may go unscheduled for a patient for an indefinite amount of time. For some patients with chronic health conditions the failure to comply with follow up appointments may lead to increased health risks and morbidity.
As the October 2015 deadline to adopt ICD-10 codes officially becomes the new standard in just five months, all healthcare providers will be forced to transition their ICD-9 codes over to the ICD-10 codes. For many healthcare providers this transition will prove to be time consuming and complex.
MD Logic, the leading U.S. provider of High Performance Electronic Health Records Solutions, will release the companies ICD-10 module in May 2015. The ICD-10 module was initially released during the MD Logic EHR User Conference held in June 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to the 2014 EHR User Conference the federal government announced the delay of ICD-10 to October 2015. The initial date was scheduled for October 2014.
As MD Logic prepares to attend the 2015 AAOS conference in Las Vegas this month, we are reminded of the vast number of clinics that continue to store their patients CDs (containing the outside images of MRIs and CTs) in boxes. Like most clinics in this country, not all MRI or CT images are generated in the physician’s office. Accessing these images online is preferred but is still the minority when compared to most MRI centers providing the patient with the images on CD.
With declining reimbursement being paid to physicians by insurance companies along with the rising requirements for doctors to document more health data during each patient visit, using a clip board in a medical clinic is like jumping off a boat with a 100 pound weight tied to your leg.
With the majority of Meaningful Use incentive money already paid out to physicians, most physicians find themselves struggling to keep pace with their EHR technology. Unfortunately for these clinics, EHR technology has fallen short in delivering all the benefits as advertised during the sales process. The idea that all EHR systems are basically the same could not be further from the truth.
CMS is implementing a new rule that goes into effect this Spring that will reduce the attesting period from 365 days to 90 days. According to Patrick Conway, M.D., deputy administrator and chief medical officer for CMS, this new rule would update the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs and whittle the attesting reporting period down to 90 days from the previous 365 days.
As we move into the first quarter of 2015 we are pleased to report that MD Logic will be introducing our all-in-one EHR/Practice Management Software solutions.
On January 1st one of our most beloved MD Logic representatives and true friend passed away due to an unexpected illness. Born in Texas, Chris relocated to Pensacola Florida in the 1990’s and began selling financial systems to physician and dentists. In 1996, Chris was first introduced to MD Logic. Then in 2000 Chris accepted the position and became an MD Logic sales representative. Over the next fifteen years, Chris participated in MD Logic trade shows throughout the USA.
