News & Events

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.

MD Logic, the leader in high performance EHR solutions, accomplished the goals set forth by the company for 2014. The primary focus of 2014 was to complete the software development and testing of Stage II Meaningful Use certification. Once completed, the next goal would be to train and educate our customers on how to efficiently implement these new government requirements without losing productivity.

Starting January 2015, roughly 257,000 Medicare eligible professionals will be hit with a 1 percent penalty to their Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. The penalty is a direct result of failing to meet Meaningful Use by Oct. 1, 2014. CMS will begin mailing letters this week informing these healthcare providers of the penalty. Instructions regarding the penalty will be posted to CMS website.

As we celebrate our 20th year in business we would like to thank all our customers for their continued support and wish them and their families a Happy Thanksgiving.

As the leader in EHR technology, MD Logic has been fortunate to attract a national base of customers that we feel are the best in industry. At this time we simply want to say to all of our customers located from coast to coast – thank you for choosing MD Logic.

Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday.