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In order to compete and thrive in today’s healthcare environment, physicians and their staff must adopt proven technology engineered to streamline clinics and ensure that each patient is seen on time. Patients are no longer willing to accept long wait times and expect their healthcare providers to deliver services on time. Outside of a change in their insurance policy, unacceptable wait times are the number one reason patients are switching healthcare providers in 2015.

Now that ICD10 has become the standard for rendering diagnosis codes for the U.S., clinics are now challenged to provide more detailed diagnosis to justify the services billed to 3rd party carriers. The idea of checking off a superbill / charge ticket to communicate with the front office for billing has remained the standard in healthcare for the past 30 years.

Over the past ten years we have seen both hospitals and physicians change their outboard marketing messages to include billboard, print media and radio to get the attention of the consumer. Regardless of any person’s financial situation, consumers want to know they are getting the best value for the price they pay for goods and services. Why should this be any different for physicians and other healthcare providers?

Tomorrow is the day most healthcare providers have been dreading for the past year. ICD-10 is finally here and all healthcare providers must begin documenting care with ICD-10 coding. The big question is will ICD10 result in healthcare providers having to open up lines of credit at their banks to help them transition over the next few months? Will insurance companies be the real winners by increasing their claim denials and maximizing their profitability?

To maximize efficiency in clinic, healthcare professionals must adopt technology that streamlines the charges and diagnosis from the EHR to the Practice Management software. With ICD-10 just around the corner, trying to generate a one page paper charge ticket/superbill that incorporates all the clinics CPT and ICD-10 codes will be next to impossible. The only other option will be generating multiple page paper charge tickets/superbills. Do any of these options really benefit the clinic?

Even with all the latest healthcare technology on the market, the vast majority of healthcare providers still use paper charge tickets/superbills to check-off the services provided for each patient visit. At the same time these paper charge tickets/superbills have the most common ICD-9/Diagnosis codes utilized by the clinic. The physician, PA, NP or PT use the paper charge tickets/superbills to report the charges and diagnosis to the front desk.

A recent survey with physicians confirms their overall satisfaction with their EHR software is in decline. The American Medical Association (AMA) reported that compared to five years ago, more physicians are reporting being dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with their EHR system. The survey conducted in 2014 reported that more than half of all respondents reported negative impact with their EHR technology.

Republican Congresswoman Renee Ellmers introduced her Further Flexibility in HIT Reporting and Advancing Interoperability Act (Flex IT 2 Act), which would provide more flexibility in the Meaningful Use program and ensure EHR systems address interoperability challenges. The bill would pause Stage 3 rulemaking to align it with technology advancements and the new merit-based incentive payment system.

For healthcare providers to compete and flourish with today’s reimbursement they must use technology that is engineered to save time and increase efficiency. As the leading provider of high performance electronic health records solutions, MD Logic also provides practice management software that is engineered to get our customers paid on time. The MD Logic PM software is completely integrated with the MD Logic EHR software.

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.