HEALTHCARE REVOLUTION: ACHIEVING MEANINGFUL USE AND PREPARING FOR ICD10

Healthcare is undergoing revolutionary changes, but two changes significantly impact healthcare providers: Meaningful Use and ICD10. “Meaningful Use” of a certified Electronic Health Record System pays $44,000 to $64,000 to each physician over a 5 to 6 year period. This incentive program, as part of the American Recover and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), requires meaningful use of a certified EHR, which requires tracking and reporting on specific clinical measurements. Enabledoc provides a guide on how to achieve meaningful use using our system and electronically tracks the results for each patient visit on a Meaningful Use dashboard. These required measurements will change over the next five years, so having a web based system with a custom measurement and notification rules engine is critical.

The other major change occurs by October 2013. All physicians must code diagnosis for medical billing using ICD10CM, which has more than 10 times the number of codes as ICD9. Only web-based, software-as-a-service EHR & PMS solutions will be able to meet this deadline, while also enabling achievement of meaningful use. Deploying and upgrading software at physician offices is not a viable option. It will take vendors years to upgrade their base and at a very high cost. Now is the time for your group to take action and replace your PMS with our PMS. Try Enabledoc today!