tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21205798617026647772024-03-13T02:33:58.697-05:00Emdeon CurrentMarketing http://www.blogger.com/profile/08227821165021557532noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120579861702664777.post-79500666118060384872013-02-28T13:10:00.000-06:002013-02-28T13:58:10.521-06:00From the Desk of Chris Meffe<img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.emdeon.com/eNewsletters/Beat/Winter10/nwsltr_SkinnyArticleHeader.jpg" /><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #666666;">Dear Channel Partners,<br />
I hope everything is going well for you and your business in 2013. It is poised to be a pivotal year in the healthcare industry, where we will face a barrage of upcoming changes, challenges and opportunities. <span class="fullpost">We know you expect Emdeon to leverage our industry leadership to help you succeed. To do that most effectively we need to be in tune with your needs and the needs of your providers. That is why we launched an initiative last year to deepen our direct interactions with you.<br />
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One method we use to stay in tune with you is our client experience research. Twice yearly, we conduct surveys not simply to gauge how we are doing but also to gather critical data to help guide our decisions and courses of action regarding the services and solutions we offer. We take your responses to these surveys so seriously that we provide incentives to our employees based on your responses. In other words, your voice matters.<br />
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The results of the Q2 and Q4 2012 survey indicate that our initiative to get closer to our clients has been successful. Most survey participants reported that they are satisfied or very satisfied with Emdeon and eight out of ten respondents said they would recommend us! We are encouraged by those responses, but we will continue to strive for a high level of satisfaction amongst all of our customers. So much so, that they will have no hesitation in recommending us. So we will continue with our hard work to launch solutions tailored specifically to meet your needs and the needs of your providers. From automated lab certifications and all-payer EDI enrollment services, to eDelivery of patient statements and online patient payments, we are developing solutions designed to help you succeed.<br />
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Will you be at HIMSS in March? If so, the show is one more place for your voice to be heard and for you to get the firsthand scoop on those solutions we're working on. In order to schedule an appointment with us at <a href="http://www.emdeon.com/himss13/?ct=enable%2Ct(Test%20-%20Proj13001_Req2918_Stg2%20MngfulUseWebr%20MissdYou%20(3))&spMailingID=40934098&spUserID=NDYxOTUyOTY0ODES1&spJobID=176709358&spReportId=MTc2NzA5MzU4S0">Booth 5027</a>, please fill out the <a href="http://www.emdeon.com/contactform/index.php?promoCode=himss13">Contact Us Form</a>. It would be an honor to shake your hand and get to know you a little better.<br />
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Of course, you don’t have to wait for a tradeshow to be in touch with us. Contact us whenever you have questions or suggestions. We are here and glad to help anytime.<br />
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Thanks, as always, for being our partner!<br />
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Chris Meffe<br />
Senior VP of Emdeon’s Strategic Partner Group<br />
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Chris Meffe is Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships for Emdeon, overseeing strategy, operations, service, support and sales for channel partner customers. Meffe has been with Emdeon since 2000 when he joined as Vice President of Operations for the company. He is a graduate of Elon University with a BA in Economics.</span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #666666;">You + Emdeon Universal Exchange = CONNECTED</span></span></span><br /><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #666666;">Plug-in to the Emdeon Universal Exchange - the single largest clinical, financial and administrative information network in the nation to help improve your business and clinical outcomes.
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<span class="fullpost">Our network moves information between physicians, hospitals, labs, pharmacies and payers through interoperable connectivity to their systems. In fact, we processed nearly 7 Billion health information exchanges in 2012 helping our customers drive key initiatives like care collaboration, Meaningful Use compliance, accountable care and pay for performance.
Swing by Booth 5027 and let us show you how to get CONNECTED.
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Emdeon is hosting 4 in-booth speaking sessions at HIMSS13! We'll also be giving away 2 iPad minis® at each session.<br /><br />
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<strong>Epic Orders Through Emdeon: Removing the Barriers to Clean Electronic Orders</strong><br />
Monday March 4th, 3:00PM - 3:30PM
Eric Reynolds, Vice President, Sales and Strategy, Emdeon
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<strong>The Future of Coding is NOW: Maximizing Coding Efficiency and Accuracy Using Big Data and Analytic</strong><br />
Tuesday March 5th, 11:00AM - 11:30AM
Manjula Iyer, Director of Product Management, Atigeo
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<strong>Breaking the Cycle: How Big Data and Real-Time Analytics Can Help You Intelligently Manage Readmissions</strong><br />
Tuesday March 5th, 3:00PM - 3:30PM
Gene Boerger, Vice President, Product Innovation, Emdeon
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<strong>Interoperability: The Key to ePrescribing Success</strong><br />
Wednesday, March 6th, 11:00AM - 11:30AM<br />Lathe Bigler, Sr. Director, Clinical Services, Emdeon
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<br />Marketing http://www.blogger.com/profile/08227821165021557532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120579861702664777.post-11995061549372436282013-02-28T13:08:00.000-06:002013-02-28T14:48:29.385-06:00Meaningful Use Certification: Advanced Planning Can Boost Certification Rates<img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.emdeon.com/eNewsletters/Beat/Winter10/nwsltr_SkinnyArticleHeader.jpg" /><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #666666;">Meaningful Use (MU) has made - and continues to make - a significant impact upon healthcare IT. <span class="fullpost">It has provided opportunity for software vendors providing electronic health records (EHR) to showcase their technical expertise with leading-edge EHR software that can help healthcare providers deliver higher quality care but, while doing so, also qualify for significant financial incentives. But as most in the industry are aware, delivering MU-compliant software is no slam dunk. Having software certified for MU requires careful attention to detail, adherence to strict timelines and the flexibility to make quick alterations to platforms.</span></span></span></span></div>
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As MU Stage 2 enters the spotlight in 2013, EHR vendors must develop a solid plan to ensure they are able to complete the process with as few interruptions to the healthcare provider as possible. Here are several planning tips that EHR vendors should heed when progressing toward MU certification:
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<strong>Develop a reasonable timeline.</strong> Studies show that many EHR vendors that failed in their first attempt to certify their product for Stage 1 MU did not adequately plan for the testing rigors that would ensure their EHR was capable of meeting the requirements. EHR vendors must develop a thorough - yet reasonable - timeline to increase their preparedness for certification. Fortunately, meeting Stage 2 requirements should prove easier for niche EHR vendors who only need to comply with EHR functionalities relevant to the specific practice area of their healthcare provider customers. This is a departure from Stage 1 requirements when EHR vendors needed to ensure their electronic health records met all MU standards, regardless of whether or not they applied to their specialty.
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<strong>Pay close attention to reporting functionality. </strong>Among the most difficult of EHR capabilities to master in Stage 1 were clinical quality measures (CQMs) and other reporting functionalities. Healthcare providers were faced with meeting a great number of complex, and sometimes ambiguous, requirements. This activity will only become more challenging as CQM becomes a core objective with greater requirements for providers. Therefore, EHR vendors must devote significant time and energy into building a solid reporting feature or risk not meeting the certification requirements.
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<strong>Conduct various dry runs. </strong>Perhaps the most significant reason EHR vendors may fail to meet a certification test is that they are falsely assured that their solutions are fully capable, when in fact even a small glitch can impact the entire assessment. In addition to problems anticipated with CQM reporting, EHR vendors should anticipate challenges associated with certification to process lab orders. EHR vendors must take advantage of test scripts that have been prepared and published in advance by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). As companies formulate their plan, they will review those test scripts to ensure they are including the appropriate functionalities in their system.
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<strong>Carefully evaluate Authorized Certification Testing Bodies (ATCBs). </strong> All certification bodies are not created equal. EHR vendors can select from several organizations for Stage 2 MU testing, which will help prevent the backlog issues that arose during Stage 1. But it could also complicate the evaluation process. A MU certification plan should include criteria for evaluating ATCBs, screening them for such factors as how much support they will offer and whether or not they have the appropriate capacity to handle a large EHR vendor load.
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<strong>Consider a third-party partner. </strong>Having intimate knowledge of what it takes to be certified, many firms, including Emdeon, are emerging as MU experts helping EHR vendors navigate the complex web of criteria. EHR vendors should consider bringing on an independent partner that can objectively evaluate EHR technology, looking for red flags that might derail a certification test.</li>
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For more information on partnering with Emdeon in preparation for meeting the requirement of Meaningful Use Stage 2, please contact us.<br />
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Michele Judge is Senior Director of Clinical Services at Emdeon. She has over 20 years of experience in managing, deploying and developing computerized physician order entry solutions for laboratories, hospitals and pharmacies.
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<br />Marketing http://www.blogger.com/profile/08227821165021557532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120579861702664777.post-7324300233335803352013-02-28T13:07:00.000-06:002013-02-28T17:07:17.534-06:00Emdeon Awarded Exclusive Health and Human Services Contract to Define Process for Electronic Healthcare Transaction Standards<img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.emdeon.com/eNewsletters/Beat/Winter10/nwsltr_SkinnyArticleHeader.jpg" /><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #666666;"><em>Project to test HIPAA and ACA electronic transaction standards to identify and correct technical issues prior to adoption by HHS</em></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span class="fullpost">We are proud to announce that Emdeon has recently been awarded a contract to define the processes and tools needed to move electronic healthcare transaction standards to a new version. Under the contract, Emdeon will develop and execute an analytical methodology for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to estimate the industry impact of moving to a new version of electronic transaction standards. The recommended process will be submitted prior to the standards development organization proposing adoption by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics.</span></span></span></span></div>
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The purpose of the project is to define the activities when new HIPAA and ACA transaction standards are adopted to avoid the implementation issues that have been associated with revised transaction standards in the recent past. According to CMS, the intent of the project is to greatly reduce the likelihood of technical issues going undetected until after the standards are adopted and to eliminate the negative impacts such technical issues would have on the healthcare industry. Under the terms of the agreement, Emdeon will analyze the functionality, usability, interoperability and business usage of a sample of draft versions of HIPAA standards for the following healthcare transactions: claims, claim status, claim payment/remittance advice, eligibility and referral authorizations, as well as any new standard that HHS may consider for adoption during the term of the project.<br />
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"We are pleased to work with HHS on such a high-visibility project and lend our industry experience to help avoid costly implementation interruptions that could potentially save the healthcare industry millions of dollars," said Debbi Meisner, vice president of regulatory strategy for Emdeon. "As the single largest clinical, financial and administrative health information exchange in the U.S. healthcare system, Emdeon's extensive experience will enable us to identify and correct potential technical issues during all phases of the transition to a new version of the transaction standards."<br />
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For more information on this and other important industry news, check out the Emdeon Newsroom at <a href="http://emdeon.mediaroom.com/">http://emdeon.mediaroom.com/</a>.
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HIPAA Simplified is updated regularly, so check back often!
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<strong>File Rejected Message in File Summary:</strong> When the file ID was selected on a rejected file from the summary screen, it displayed an empty claim summary page in the previous functionality. With this enhancement, Emdeon Vision will now display with file level rejection info in it.
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<strong>Additional claim attributes navigation between error messages:</strong> Previously "Additional Claim Attributes" from the dynamic claim detail pop out window would only bring up the most recent errors that a claim had. This new feature will show you if there are multiple error codes allowing you to choose which one you want to look at via a drop down menu of error codes.<br />
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Associated Benefits, Payer ID: 50266Associated Benefits, Payer ID: 50266<br />
Benefit Plan Administrators Co. (Eau Claire WI), Payer ID: 39081<br />
First Choice Health Administrators, Payer ID: 91131<br />
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First Service Administrator's Inc Lakeland Florida, Payer ID: 59276<br />
Hometown Health Providers, Payer ID: 88537<br />
Indiana ProHealth Network, Payer ID: 35161;<br />
Neighborhood Health Partnership (NHP), Payer ID: 96107<br />
PHYSICIAN'S ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORG, Payer ID: 28943;<br />
SHERMAN HOSPITAL, Payer ID: SC359<br />
Sound Health (now known as First Choice Health Network), Payer ID: 91131<br />
Soundpath Health, Payer ID: 42172<br />
TRIPLEFIN LLC, Payer ID: 64300<br />
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, Payer ID: 25175<br />
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan (KanCare), Payer ID: 96385<br />
21st Century Insurance, Payer ID: 41556<br />
22125 Roscoe Corp, Payer ID: 41556<br />
AAA Northern California Nevada & Utah Insurance Exchange, Payer ID: 41556<br />
City of Imperial Beach (Voucher), Payer ID: 41556<br />
City of Vista, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Coast Converters, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Collin County, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Colorado Contractors Program, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Colorado HealthCare Assoc. - Safety National Casualty Corp., Payer ID: 41556<br />
Colorado Prime Corp, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Columbine Health Systems, Payer ID: 41556<br />
County Of Marin, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Courtyard Health C., Payer ID: 41556<br />
Cox Construction Co, Payer ID: 41556<br />
DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Dallas County Community College District, Payer ID: 41556<br />
ELC Electric Inc, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Eplica Inc., Payer ID: 41556<br />
Erickson-Hall Constr, Payer ID: 41556<br />
F&G Guaranty Ins Co/Main Street Program Colorado, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Family Health & Housing, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Federated Linen & Uniform, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Hayhoe Construction, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Imperial Irrigation District, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Inconen Corporation, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Inland Valley Hospice, Payer ID: 41556<br />
J.H. Mccormack Const, Payer ID: 41556<br />
JD Mechanical, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Jefferson County Texas, Payer ID: 41556<br />
John Muir Health, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Judson ISD, Payer ID: 41556<br />
KTA Construction (COSD2), Payer ID: 41556<br />
Kautz Vinyards, Payer ID: 41556<br />
King Pak Potato Company LLC, Payer ID: 41556<br />
King Ranch, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Lamar Consolidated ISD, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Livingston ISD, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Lk Arrowhead Co Club, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Lodi Memorial Hospital, Payer ID: 41556<br />
MDSI Phys Group INC, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Maricopa County Community College District, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Mariposa County, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Matagorda County, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Mexicana Airlines, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Michael Hogan Assoc, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Mission Aviation Fellowship, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Mission Lodge Sanitarium, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Missoula Cart Co In, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Modesto Irrigation District, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Motion Picture & Television Fund, Payer ID: 41556<br />
National Jewish Health, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Nova Metals Advantage Plus Program - WC, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Nuevo Engineering, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Outrigger Lodging, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Overhill Farms Inc, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Pacific Hydrotech Co, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Pacific Lumber Company (Marathon), Payer ID: 41556<br />
Pacific Specialty Insurance, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association Insurance Company, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Petaluma Valley Hospital, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Rehab Center of Beverly Hills, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Restoration Prof, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Rick Concrete Const., Payer ID: 41556<br />
Robstown ISD, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Rural Special District Insurance Program, Payer ID: 41556<br />
SKB Corporation, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Salt Lake City Corporation, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Sam Kane Beef Processors Inc., Payer ID: 41556<br />
San Diego Hospice and The Institute for Palliative Medicine, Payer ID: 41556<br />
San Diego Metropolitan Transit System, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Seeno Homes, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Sela Health Care, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Selman Breitman, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Sharyland Independent School District, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Sierra Nevada Memorial, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Silberberger Engn, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Sonoma Valley Healthcare District, Payer ID: 41556<br />
St. Rose Hospital, Payer ID: 41556<br />
TD Tile, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Thomas Staffing Services Inc/Venturi Staffing, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Tricity Uniform, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Tucson Unified School Dist WC, Payer ID: 41556<br />
US Mobile Wireless, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Valley Health System, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Valley Memorial Hospital, Payer ID: 41556<br />
W Co Radiology Cntr, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Willamette View, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Wilmer-Hutchins ISD/Dallas ISD, Payer ID: 41556<br />
Woodland Park West, Payer ID: 41556<br />
YMCA, Payer ID: 41556<br />
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<b>Eligibility Inquiry and Response</b><br />
CHC Texas, Payer ID: 453<br />
CHC Texas, Payer ID: COVTY00453<br />
Cenpatico Behavioral Health - Indiana, Payer ID: CBHIN<br />
CoventryCares of Maryland, Payer ID: 177<br />
CoventryCares of Maryland, Payer ID: COVTY00177<br />
CoventryCares of Michigan, Payer ID: 413<br />
CoventryCares of Michigan, Payer ID: COVTY00413<br />
CoventryCares of Virginia, Payer ID: COVTY00190<br />
CoventryCares of West Virginia, Payer ID: COVTY00182<br />
CvtyNatnlAccts/UofMO/CvtyOne, Payer ID: 250<br />
CvtyNatnlAccts/UofMO/CvtyOne, Payer ID: COVON<br />
CvtyNatnlAccts/UofMO/CvtyOne, Payer ID: COVTY00250<br />
CvtyNatnlAccts/UofMO/CvtyOne, Payer ID: COVTYCOVON<br />
Health America of PA, Payer ID: COVTY00148<br />
MAIL HANDLERS & FEHBP, Payer ID: 251<br />
MAIL HANDLERS & FEHBP, Payer ID: COVTY00251<br />
Managed Health Services Indiana, Payer ID: CMHIN<br />
Meritain Health, Payer ID: MTAIN<br />
Molina Healthcare of Illinois, Payer ID: MLNIL<br />
Molina Healthcare of New Mexico, Payer ID: 71<br />
Molina Healthcare of New Mexico, Payer ID: MLNNM<br />
Mutual Health Services, Payer ID: ANTAR<br />
Sun Flower State Health Plan, Payer ID: SUNHP<br />
Viva Health, Payer ID: VIVA<br />
BlueCross BlueShield of Vermont, Payer ID: BCVTC<br />
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<b>Claim Satus Inquiry And Response:</b><br />
HealthSmart Benefit Solutions, Payer ID: HSBS<br />
Molina Healthcare of Illinois, Payer ID: MLNIL<br />
Molina Healthcare of New Mexico, Payer ID: 71<br />
Viva Health, Payer ID: VIVA<br />
BlueCross BlueShield of Vermont, Payer ID: BCVTC<br />
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For all payers, visit <a href="https://access.emdeon.com/PayerLists/">https://access.emdeon.com/PayerLists/</a><br />
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<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#666666;">January 1, 2013 is rapidly approaching. This is the date by which HIPAA covered entities must implement the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Eligibility and Claim Status Operating Rules mandated under the Affordable Care Act. <span class="fullpost">The Eligibility and Claim Status Operating Rules that HHS adopted by regulation in 2011 comprise the majority of those required for CAQH CORE’s voluntary Phase I and II certification. Emdeon became CORE Phase II certified in 2010, so Emdeon was in a strong position of readiness when HHS adopted these operating rules.<br />
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Emdeon has completed a thorough gap analysis in order to be ready by the compliance date. We are now concluding our remediation of any identified gaps. <br />
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<b>Trading Partner Support</b><br />
Emdeon is dedicated to help our clients complete this important transition successfully. We have already initiated testing with health plans that are ready to test their operating rule conformance.<br />
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In addition, we are actively engaging health plans who utilize our Eligibility and Claim Status Hosted Data Services (HDS). These health plans must:<br />
• Migrate to version 3 of HDS if they are not on that version already; migration efforts for clients on prior versions are actively underway.<br />
• Provide the proper data content in their eligibility files. (There are no data content requirements for the Claim Status transaction)<br />
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<b>HIPAA Simplified</b><br />
Our HIPAA Simplified website, <a href="http://www.hipaasimplified.com">www.hipaasimplified.com</a>, remains the primary resource for information regarding the operating rules and other HIPAA and ACA regulations. <br />
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On the Operating Rules pages, you will find the newly <a href="http://www.emdeon.com/5010/pdfs/OperatingRulesPlaybookPresentation.pdf">updated Operating Rules Playbook</a>. This publication is full of valuable information, including our operating rule program management structure, roles and responsibilities, educational material on the rules themselves and a new section specific to the upcoming ERA/EFT Operating Rules.<br />
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HIPAA Simplified is updated regularly, so check back often!<br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #666666;">Welcome and thank you for taking time to read the Emdeon Current newsletter!<br />
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First, I would like to introduce myself. I’m Chris Meffe, Senior VP of Emdeon’s Strategic Partner Group. Though I’ve been with Emdeon for nearly 13 years, I have just recently taken the helm of this segment of our company.<span class="fullpost"> In my new role, I am focused solely on leading our group to meet the needs of you, our channel partners. It is my job to make certain that we are about the business of making your business run smoother, offering greater value to your customers and helping you be more profitable than ever before.<br />
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We have restructured our approach to create absolute and critical focus on your business priorities, all with the goal of responding in the most customized, holistic manner possible. I am leading our team to connect with you one-to-one—more personally and directly—to get a greater understanding of what’s really going on with your business. That is what it is going to take for us to continuously develop better solutions and support to drive results all around.<br />
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To help launch this pinpoint approach, we recently conducted a study in partnership with a third party research firm to learn what you and your colleagues are most concerned about in the market today. We collected measurable insights about the hot button issues and business needs you are prioritizing now and in the coming year, and we are already putting that knowledge to work in the form of tailored solutions you can offer to your client base (<a target=_blank" href="http://emdeoncurrent.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-complete-answer-to-question-of.html">read all about it by clicking here</a>).<br />
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Knowing you as well as we already do, we understand that you also strive to take a personalized, client-centric approach with your customers. Now as we get to know you even better, we are excited about the possibilities to help you become an even greater resource for your clients—to take your business further. <br />
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This newsletter has always been about providing a useful source of information and ideas and we will continue to make sure it provides that insight. Please <a href="mailto: channel_partners@emdeon.com">share</a> your questions and suggestions so we can tailor our content to be more helpful and meaningful for you.<br />
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Thanks again for reading! We’re grateful for your partnership.<br />
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From the desk of...<br />
Chris Meffe<br />
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<b>About Chris Meffe</b><br />
Chris Meffe is Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships for Emdeon, overseeing strategy, operations, service, support and sales for channel partner customers. Meffe has been with Emdeon since 2000 when he joined as Vice President of Operations for the company. He is a graduate of Elon University with a BA in Economics.<br />
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Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897392298463705513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120579861702664777.post-15105368996493419852012-12-06T11:10:00.000-06:002012-12-13T13:13:39.264-06:00The "Complete" Answer to the Question of Growing Your Business<img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.emdeon.com/eNewsletters/Beat/Winter10/nwsltr_SkinnyArticleHeader.jpg" /><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #666666;"> A look at your business priorities & Emdeon Provider Complete<br />
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Emdeon recently conducted a research study in partnership with a third party research firm to determine the priorities that our channel partners are most focused on in the next 12 to 18 months. The results were telling.<span class="fullpost"><br />
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In some instances, the responses of channel partners mirrored those that would be expected of their customers. Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) and Meaningful Use, as well as ICD-10 changes were on the list. However, channel partners’ priorities went deeper, specifically calling out the key ways that they as solutions providers must be able to lead providers through the industry’s unfolding regulations and beyond. These priorities include:<br />
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• Customer retention<br />
• Growth <br />
• Increased ROI <br />
• Maintaining excellent support through ICD-10 changes<br />
• Upgrading of software to an EHR compatible system<br />
• Overcoming implementation obstacles<br />
• Integrating hospitals and physicians <br />
• Finding innovative billing/payment software.<br />
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Some of these goals, like customer retention, growth and increased revenue, are likely to remain constant through any season. Others are ways of getting to what your customers are asking for.<br />
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<em>Here is a question for you.</em><br />
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How do you establish a 24/7 excellent customer service department, grow your sales and expand services mentioned above, all without adding any new staff members, facilities or operations? <br />
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The answer is simple. Utilize Emdeon’s resources to make it happen.<br />
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That’s right. The full-service Emdeon Provider Complete model is a robust offering that can help you get to that goal of bringing more services, support—and value—to your providers, without having to add people, expand internal capabilities or acquire costly office space or expand operations. We have tailored this solution with a deep understanding of what you and your providers need to succeed in the healthcare landscape.<br />
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And if there is still a question in your mind why Emdeon Provider Complete should be your choice, we have a very straightforward answer for that also. Through your one connection to Emdeon, your providers have access to the most labs, pharmacies and payers in the industry enabling health information exchange, Meaningful Use, lab results & orders, ePrescribing, a full suite of EDI solutions and industry leading patient payment solutions. No one else can offer all of this to your providers. With a business partner like Emdeon, this can become your strength also.<br />
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<b>Here’s a quick look at the Emdeon Provider Complete Solution offering:</b><br />
• Say goodbye to months of backlogged payer enrollments because Emdeon will take care of all that. We closely monitor providers as they are going live to minimize rejections<br />
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• We also provide front line support for all EDI related issues so that you don’t have to. There will no longer be a need for you to be the intermediary point as your providers will be able to submit and track all support issues directly with Emdeon.<br />
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• Proactive claim rejection monitoring is also provided so providers can rest easy knowing that their cash flow is being closely monitored by Emdeon. <br />
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• Emdeon can be an extension of your sales team, reaching out to your providers and helping cross-sell solutions that benefit both you and your providers.<br />
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• Emdeon’s revenue cycle management capabilities can be tightly integrated into any practice management software.<br />
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The Emdeon Provider Complete Solution helps you not only compete, but win as well. Emdeon processes billions of health information exchanges annually within our expansive network of hospitals, pharmacies, doctors, dentists and laboratories. We have developed innovative technology solutions for claim rejection monitoring, payer enrollment for providers, 24/7 customer support and more. Our solutions are engineered for compliance and can be easily implemented and integrated while being easy to use.<br />
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Emdeon Provider Complete Solution is designed to help make you and your providers successful. With Emdeon Provider Complete, your business won’t miss opportunities or leave providers with fragmented services. You can offer a total package to your providers while being able to focus on customer retention and growth.<br />
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To learn more or get started, please call <b>855.559.8654</b> or email <a href="mailto: ProviderSolutions@emdeon.com">ProviderSolutions@emdeon.com</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #666666;"><em>What we learned at MGMA. By Gene Boerger, V.P. of Professional Product Management at Emdeon</em><br />
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On the surface, the agenda for the 2012 MGMA annual conference (San Antonio, Oct. 21-24) contained few surprises: Education sessions focusing on ICD-10, ARRA, administrative simplification, Meaningful Use and ACOs.<span class="fullpost"><br />
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What was unexpected, however, was the energy invested by more than 3,000 people in attendance in transforming the politics of these issues into actionable strategies. Attendees and vendors alike were eager to convert the principles of reform into practice. We strategized with numerous provider groups to share how our expertise in care management, clinical information exchange and revenue optimization can transform industry concepts into real, workable scenarios. From our viewpoint, attendee interests fell into four major categories:<br />
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1. <b>Solution engineering</b>. We spoke with leaders at medical groups who recognize they need new solutions and new processes to achieve their objectives. Educational sessions, hallway discussions and vendor meetings centered on best practices and lessons learned. Attendees seemed to have a grasp of what they need and were tuned in to asking questions about how to get from here to there. Vendors were on the same wavelength. Countless meetings were held outside of exhibitor hours, where discussions about how to collaborate and integrate technologies to provide a more comprehensive whole abounded.<br />
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2. <b>Care Management</b>. Discussions about new care and reimbursement models, such as accountable care organizations (ACOs) and other pay-for-performance arrangements, have progressed from the abstract (“these approaches will help us control costs and improve care”) to the concrete (“who needs to be involved and what precisely will they be doing?”). Attendees explored the structures needed for greater focus on care management and heightened levels of coordination among providers. These conversations also dug deep into alignments—particularly as they affect community physicians—with hospitals.<br />
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3. <b>Data drivers</b>. As quality measures become engrained in emerging reimbursement models, medical groups increasingly need advanced data collection, analysis and reporting capabilities to successfully participate in a pay-for-performance or ACO-type model. Attendees recognized that their EHRs must work harder and that health information exchange (lowercase) is crucial. With a traditional focus only on delivering care—and not necessarily measuring it—providers are now taking a crash course in what tools are available, how they need to be configured and what they can do with the data that’s produced.<br />
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4. <b>Business success</b>. Billing professional fees. Proper coding and revenue optimization. Preparing for (and passing) audits. Contract negotiations. Use of outsourcing and technology. Patient collections. All activities that impact the bottom line—with a plethora of “practice proven and time tested” solutions for the challenges many medical groups face—were widely discussed. To arm our providers with information to improve business success, Emdeon held several educational presentations aimed at increasing revenue while effectively managing operations. Attendees agreed these considerations were more important in 2012 than ever before because of the incentive and payment reduction programs payers have adopted. <br />
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Emdeon made its presence felt throughout the conference, joining more than 350 other companies on the trade show floor with a dynamic booth that hosted long-time customers and new prospects. Emdeon was joined by the American Academy of Family Physicians for a speaking engagement in the MGMA Innovation Center on Care Management, and Emdeon representatives also delivered a number of in-booth educational sessions on topics ranging from how to remove barriers to submitting clean electronic orders to revving up cash flow by accepting online payments.<br />
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Overall, the mood of MGMA seemed to be of anticipation, partly fueled by the impending presidential election. Many attendees seemed to be of the opinion that the trends spurred by healthcare reform legislation would continue—and that they are embracing and preparing for new directions.<br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #666666;"> (Part 1 of 4)<br />
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Stage 2 of the Meaningful Use (MU) incentive program is being billed by some as “a giant leap in data exchange<sup>1</sup>.”<span class="fullpost"> The overriding goal of the program is to advance the secure exchange of information within our health system between all of a patient’s providers as well as the patients themselves —and that is a giant leap from where the system is currently, indeed. Of course, with every giant leap comes the chance for big missteps. That’s why the time is now to prepare for Stage 2 objectives and requirements. <br />
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<b>The Biggest Challenges Revealed in Stage 1</b><br />
According to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Informatics Association, the biggest challenge for hospitals participating in the MU program is Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE). Out of 2,475 hospitals in the study that intended to participate in MU, only 313 received incentive payments in 2011 during Stage 1. Half of those hospitals that didn’t meet Stage 1 requirements cited CPOE criteria as a top challenge. As we move to Stage 2, issues related to CPOE will remain as many hospitals are only beginning to adopt EHRs and build infrastructure to meet MU criteria. <br />
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For hospitals that were awarded incentive payments, giving patients access to their data in electronic form and generating numerator and denominator data for quality reporting directly from the Electronic Health Record (EHR) were reported to be the most significant challenges. The difficulty of providing electronic data to patients is very important to note and prepare for, as Stage 2 focuses on electronic patient communications and assigns heightened requirements to achieve program incentives.<br />
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According to Stage 2 Meaningful Use requirements final rule by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), providers must achieve meaningful use under Stage 1 criteria before advancing to Stage 2. CMS has announced certain changes to Stage 1 CPOE; details may be found by clicking <a href="http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/EHRIncentivePrograms/Downloads/Stage1ChangesTipsheet.pdf">here</a>. <br />
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<b>What is different in Stage 2 as compared to Stage 1</b><br />
In Stage 2, there are more core objectives for Eligible Professionals, Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Many Stage 1 core objectives have been merged or folded into other requirements. Eligible Professionals have 20 total objectives, including 17 core objectives and 3 (of 6) menu objectives. For Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), there are 19 total objectives comprised of 16 core objectives and 3 (of 6) menu objectives.<br />
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Here’s a quick look at core objectives that Eligible Professionals must report on, as well as the six menu objectives they may choose from.<br />
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<b>Core Objectives</b><br />
1. Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE)<br />
<span style="margin-left: 10px;">a. Use CPOE for more than 60 percent of medication, 30 percent of laboratory, and 30 percent of radiology.</span><br />
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2. ePrescribing (eRx)<br />
<span style="margin-left: 10px;">a. Use eRx for more than 50 percent.</span><br />
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3. Demographics<br />
<span style="margin-left: 10px;">a. Record demographics for more than 80 percent.</span><br />
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4. Vital Signs<br />
<span style="margin-left: 10px;">a. Record vital signs for more than 80 percent.</span><br />
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5. Smoking Status<br />
<span style="margin-left: 10px;">a. Record smoking status for more than 80 percent.</span><br />
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6. Interventions<br />
<span style="margin-left: 10px;">a. Implement 5 clinical decision support interventions + drug/drug and drug/allergy.</span><br />
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7. Labs<br />
<span style="margin-left: 10px;">a. Incorporate lab results for more than 55 percent.</span><br />
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8. Patient List<br />
<span style="margin-left: 10px;">a. Generate patient list by specific condition.</span><br />
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9. Preventive Reminders<br />
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10. Use Electronic Health Record (EHR) to identify and provide reminders for preventive/follow-up care for more than 10 percent of patients with two or more office visits in the last 2 years.<br />
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11. Patient Access<br />
<span style="margin-left: 10px;">a. Provide online access to health information for more than 50 percent with more than five percent actually accessing.</span><br />
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12. Visit Summaries<br />
<span style="margin-left: 10px;">a. Provide office visit summaries for more than 50 percent of office visits.</span><br />
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13. Education Resources<br />
<span style="margin-left: 10px;">a. Use EHR to identify and provide education resources more than 10 percent.</span><br />
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14. Secure Messages<br />
<span style="margin-left: 10px;">a. More than five percent of patients send secure messages to their Eligible Professionals (EP).</span><br />
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15. Prescription Reconciliation<br />
<span style="margin-left: 10px;">a. Medication reconciliation at more than 50 percent of transitions of care.</span><br />
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16. Summary of Care<br />
<span style="margin-left: 10px;">a. Provide summary of care document for more than 50 percent of transitions of care and referrals with 10 percent sent electronically and at least one sent to a recipient with a different EHR vendor or successfully testing with CMS test EHR.</span><br />
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17. Immunizations<br />
<span style="margin-left: 10px;">a. Successful ongoing transmission of immunization data.</span><br />
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18. Security Analysis<br />
<span style="margin-left: 10px;">a. Conduct or review security analysis and incorporate in risk management process.</span><br />
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<em>Menu Objectives (select 3 of 6)</em><br />
1. Imaging Results<br />
<span style="margin-left: 10px;">a. More than 10 percent of imaging results are accessible through Certified EHR Technology.</span><br />
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2. Family History<br />
<span style="margin-left: 10px;">a. Record family health history for more than 20 percent.</span><br />
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3. Syndromic Surveillance<br />
<span style="margin-left: 10px;">a. Maintain successful ongoing transmission of syndromic surveillance data.</span><br />
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4. Cancer<br />
<span style="margin-left: 10px;">a. Maintain successful ongoing transmission of cancer case information.</span><br />
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5. Specialized Registry<br />
<span style="margin-left: 10px;">a. Maintain successful ongoing transmission of data to a specialized registry.</span><br />
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6. Progress Notes<br />
<span style="margin-left: 10px;">a. Enter an electronic progress note for more than 30 percent of unique patients.</span><br />
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For even more details, view the CMS’ Stage 2 Tipsheet by clicking here.<br />
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<b>The Five Percent+ Factor: Focusing on Patient Engagement in Stage 2</b><br />
Patient engagement—reciprocal communication between patients and providers—is a significant focus that everyone must be prepared for in Stage 2. To be eligible for incentives, providers must achieve the following patient action.<br />
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- More than five percent of patients must send secure messages to their eligible providers.<br />
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- More than five percent of patients must access their health information online.<br />
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For many Eligible Professionals, it may be quite daunting to evoke such engagement from over five percent of patients, as so many factors affect the transition to electronic information sharing. Technological, cultural and organizational barriers exist across communities nationwide. For example, CMS is introducing exclusions based on broadband availability by county, as some areas simply don’t have the Internet access necessary for five percent to take action even if they are willing to do so.<br />
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<b>Timing for Stage 2</b><br />
The final rule has been out since August 2012 and though there is an urgency for Stage 2, there is not the mad rush that surrounded Stage 1. Stage 2 test scripts have not yet been released in full from certification bodies and at this writing only three are out. Test scripts from vendors will be released in phases, with the launch of testing anticipated for December 2012 or January 2013. <br />
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For a complete look at Stage 2, visit CMS’ website by clicking <a href="http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/EHRIncentivePrograms/Stage_2.html">here</a>. There you’ll find tables, tipsheets and updates directly from CMS. In addition, continue to follow Emdeon for targeted announcements and interpretation of latest updates as it relates to your business. Emdeon will continuously guide you through Stage 2 so that you are prepared to offer expertise to your customers every step of the way.<br />
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Stay tuned for our next article in series, <b>Planning for Certification and Strategies in Testing.</b><br />
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1. <a href="http://www.healthit.gov/buzz-blog/meaningful-use/meaningful-use-stage-2/
">http://www.healthit.gov/buzz-blog/meaningful-use/meaningful-use-stage-2/</a><br />
2. <a href="http://www.fierceemr.com/story/cpoe-huge-stumbling-block-meaningful-use/2012-10-02?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
">http://www.fierceemr.com/story/cpoe-huge-stumbling-block-meaningful-use/2012-10-02?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss</a><br />
3. <a href="http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/EHRIncentivePrograms/Downloads/Stage1vsStage2CompTablesforEP.pdf
">http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/EHRIncentivePrograms/Downloads/Stage1vsStage2CompTablesforEP.pdf</a><br />
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<b>Claims</b><br />
Association de Maestros (PR), Payer ID: L0150<br />
Assurant Health (Repricing for HealthSpan Network Only), Payer ID: ASNTH<span class="fullpost"><br />
CenterLight Healthcare, Payer ID: 13360<br />
CenterPoint Human Services, Payer ID: 56122<br />
ClubMD, Payer ID: 37272<br />
Employee Benefit Systems, Payer ID: 42149<br />
Good Samaritan Medical Practice Association, Payer ID: IP086<br />
HealthPlan Services, Payer ID: 59140<br />
Innovative Healthware Services, Inc., Payer ID: Call<br />
J. Smith Lanier & Co. Administrators, Payer ID: 37272<br />
JMH - SFCCN PHT (PSN, CMSN), Payer ID: 09822<br />
JSL Administrators, Payer ID: 37272<br />
Klais & Company (Repricing for HealthSpan Network Only), Payer ID: 3414A<br />
MAPFRE LIFE, Payer ID: L0160<br />
Mapfre Excel, Payer ID: L0100<br />
Max Specialty Benefits, Payer ID: 27320<br />
Medical Card System Inc (PR), Payer ID: L0170<br />
Mutual Group (The) (US), Payer ID: 59140<br />
NALC/Affordable, Payer ID: 53011<br />
National Association of Letter Carriers, Payer ID: 53011<br />
National Association of Letter Carriers/NALC, Payer ID: 53011<br />
PHYSICIANS CARE NETWORK, LLC, Payer ID: PCN12<br />
Pan American Life Insurance Company, Payer ID: L0180<br />
Physicians Alliance/Stones River Regional IPA, Payer ID: 15749<br />
Pittman & Associates, Payer ID: 37224<br />
Plan de Salud Menonita (PR), Payer ID: L0190<br />
RMSCO, INC., Payer ID: 16117<br />
SANTA CLARA FAMILY HEALTH PLAN, Payer ID: 24077<br />
SCAN ENCOUNTERS, Payer ID: 99157<br />
Smokey Mountain Center, Payer ID: 13010<br />
UMC HEALTH PLAN, Payer ID: 75130<br />
UMR/Cincinnati (Repricing for HealthSpan Network Only), Payer ID: UMRC1<br />
United Healthcare Ovations Insurance Solutions (AARP), Payer ID: 36273<br />
Wells Fargo Third Party Administrators, Inc. (Formerly JSL Administrators), Payer ID: 37272<br />
Western Mutual Insurance, Payer ID: 37247<br />
California Medicaid (Medi-Cal), Payer ID: SKCA0<br />
Care Access PSN, Payer ID: 65063<br />
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<b>Eligibility Inquiry and Response</b><br />
CareSource, Payer ID: 00325<br />
Illinois Medicaid - SCHALLER ANDERSON, Payer ID: ILMSA<br />
Integral Quality Care FL - SCHALLER ANDERSON, Payer ID: IQCFL<br />
KEMPTON COMPANY, Payer ID: KEMCO<br />
MEDICAL CARD SYSTEM (MCS), Payer ID: MEDCS<br />
Schaller Anderson MajestaCare VA, Payer ID: MACVA<br />
TRIPLE-S (BCBS PUERTO RICO), Payer ID: BCPRC<br />
Texas Christus - SCHALLER ANDERSON, Payer ID: TXCSA<br />
United Healthcare Shared Services, Payer ID: UHIS<br />
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi, Payer ID: 00075<br />
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi, Payer ID: BCMS<br />
Puerto Rico Medicaid, Payer ID: AID60<br />
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<b>Claim Status Inquiry And Response:</b><br />
AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan, Payer ID: AHMHP<br />
Horizon New Jersey Health, Payer ID: HNJH<br />
Illinois Medicaid - SCHALLER ANDERSON, Payer ID: ILMSA<br />
Integral Quality Care FL - SCHALLER ANDERSON, Payer ID: IQCFL<br />
KEMPTON COMPANY, Payer ID: KEMCO<br />
Keystone Mercy Health Plan, Payer ID: KYMHP<br />
MDWise Hoosier Alliance, Payer ID: MDWHA<br />
Passport Health Plan, Payer ID: PPHPC<br />
Schaller Anderson MajestaCare VA, Payer ID: MACVA<br />
Select Health of South Carolina, Payer ID: SHSC<br />
Texas Christus - SCHALLER ANDERSON, Payer ID: TXCSA<br />
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas, Payer ID: BCKSC<br />
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City, Payer ID: BCKCC<br />
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi, Payer ID: 00075<br />
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi, Payer ID: BCMS<br />
Missouri Medicaid, Payer ID: AID03<br />
Missouri Medicaid, Payer ID: MO<br />
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For all payers, visit <a href="https://access.emdeon.com/PayerLists/
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<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#666666;">Health and Human Services has announced a Final Rule that confirms the proposed extension of the ICD-10 compliance date to October 1, 2014.<span class="fullpost"> <br />
The Final Rule also establishes a unique health plan identifier (HPID), as well as a unique identifier for other entities (OEID), and modifies the NPI Rule to include pharmacy prescribers.<br />
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The Final Rule establishes these important dates: <br />
• Health plans, with the exception of small plans, must obtain an HPID by November 5, 2014<br />
• Small health plans must obtain an HPID by November 5, 2015<br />
• Covered entities must use HPIDs in the standard transactions on or after November 7, 2016<br />
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The changes to the NPI rule become effective May 6, 2013.<br />
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<b>HIPAA Simplified Expanded to Include ICD-10, other upcoming HIPAA and ACA Regulations</b><br />
Emdeon’s HIPAA Simplified website (www.hipaasimplified.com) has been expanded to address ICD-10, as well as other upcoming regulations enacted by HIPAA and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA). <br />
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<b>New Section added for ICD-10:</b><br />
We have added a new section for ICD-10 that includes Emdeon Clearinghouse FAQ’s. Emdeon’s ICD-10 Program Playbook will also be published in the near future, offering our customers an in-depth look at Emdeon’s ICD-10 strategy. The playbook will include: <br />
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• An overview of ICD-10, important facts and key changes between ICD-9 and ICD-10<br />
• Guiding principles and governance of our ICD-10 program<br />
• Emdeon’s ICD-10 implementation timeline<br />
• Plans for customer messaging and communications<br />
• Information on trading partner testing<br />
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To access the ICD-10 page, click the ICD-10 link from the HIPAA Simplified home page. Alternately, you can go directly to the ICD-10 page using the URL <a href="http://www.emdeon.com/5010/icd10.php">http://www.emdeon.com/5010/icd10.php</a>.<br />
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<b>Operating Rules:</b><br />
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 requires The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to adopt operating rules for the HIPAA transactions. The first of these regulations, concerning the health plan Eligibility/Benefit and Claim Status transactions was issued in July 2011, with a compliance date of January 1, 2013. <br />
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The Operating Rules page of HIPAA Simplified presents frequently asked questions about the regulation and Emdeon’s readiness to keep you updated regarding this important milestone.<br />
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As an industry leader, we are committed to helping our trading partners successfully navigate the HIPAA and ACA regulatory timeline. Emdeon intends for HIPAA Simplified to be an evolving site and valuable resource for our customers.<br />
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Bookmark HIPAA Simplified and check back often!<br />
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<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#666666;"><em> Make it easy and convenient for patients to pay their healthcare bills</em><br />
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Part 2 of a 4-part series designed to offer your small practice providers tips on improving their administrative and clinical operations.<br />
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Few people enjoy paying their bills—it’s just no fun to watch hard-earned money end up in someone else’s bank account.<span class="fullpost"><br />
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No matter how well your providers take care of their patients, they’re just as hesitant to open their wallets. It stands to reason, then, that your providers need to make the process as painless and convenient as possible. Online portals can be the perfect solution. Consumers have grown accustomed to managing their affairs via the Web and expect this level of service in all areas of their lives—including healthcare.<br />
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The healthcare industry, however, has yet to make patient-facing, Web-based payment tools a universal option. Small practices must pay especially close attention to cash flow, so encouraging timely and accurate payment by bringing the process online is crucial. <br />
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Optimizing the online advantage begins well before a patient encounter. Web-based registrations tools, for example, allow patients to sign in prior to their arrival and the practice to capture important information. Patients are free to register at their convenience days before their appointment, instead of arriving at the doctor’s office early just to fill out paper forms. The practice benefits, as well, because it has access to legible, accurate information to streamline the claims and billing process. <br />
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Then, after the visit, patients can conveniently—and promptly—settle their accounts via the secure portal. Not only is cash flow improved, practices can reduce administrative expenses by removing some of the burden of collections from their office staff.<br />
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When introducing online capabilities to their patients, practices must promote the portal to ensure it’s used. A “multi-touch” campaign offers the best approach. Posters in the lobby, hallways and exam rooms can announce the new payment option. Registration and check-out staff should mention the availability of the portal and maybe even hand out postcards, refrigerator magnets or other tchotchkes. An additional reminder can be printed on billing statements still being mailed. <br />
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It’s important to promote the portal on the practice’s website, as well, preferably on the home page. This serves as a constant reminder for current patients and might attract individuals looking for a new doctor. <br />
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Other ways to encourage use of an online payment option include:<br />
• ensuring the portal features easy-to-use instructions and simple navigation;<br />
• making sure the portal displays contact information prominently in case patients need help; and<br />
• assuring patients that the portal is secure and all private information is protected.<br />
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One final note: Keep in mind that patients of all ages might use online tools. They should include the full-bodied features the younger generation has come to expect, but be simple enough so those less technology-savvy can navigate the process easily as well.<br />
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Emdeon’s Patient Pay Online Express is a patient-facing application designed to help small providers enjoy success with Web-based portals. As an example, Concord Integrated Health, a chiropractic medicine practice located in Concord, Massachusetts, was increasingly burdened by the conventional process for generating and sending patient statements. At the time, it was generating between 250 and 300 statements per month. Along with implementing an automated billing service, Concord Integrated Health began using the Emdeon Patient Pay Online Express solution to answer patient demand for Web-based payments. With individuals able to view billing amounts and pay their accounts online, at anytime, the amount and promptness of payments greatly increased. <br />
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Dr. Jeff Robichaud, Chief of Concord Integrated Heath’s Chiropractic Medicine Department, summarizes that “by allowing patients to pay their bills online, we are seen as a practice that is providing the most up-to-date solution for them. Patient Pay Online drives patients to our website as well, so we can have a presence with them beyond the in-person office visit.”i<br />
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With a secure system accessible to patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the Emdeon Patient Pay Online Express solution improves collections and data accuracy, while offering patients greater convenience. Emdeon helps speed up the billing and payment cycle, improving finances, reducing staff time invested in administrative tasks and giving your providers more time to spend with patients. <br />
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Nothing will remove the sting of paying a medical bill completely, of course. But by reducing the hassle and offering an option that fits into the patient’s lifestyle, practices eliminate some resistance—resulting in timely payments and improved cash flow.<br />
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For more information on how Concord Integrated Health has experienced increased payments and patient satisfaction through the use of Emdeon’s Patient Pay Online Express, please click here<br />
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<em>(Note: Stay tuned for an in-depth look at other ways to improve customer relations to enhance patient billing and collections in the next issue of this newsletter.)</em><br />
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<span style="font-size:9px;">i “Emdeon Patient Billing & Payment Solutions: Efficient technology for reducing costs and accelerating patient payments,” Emdeon Business Services LLC, July 2011</span><br />
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<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#666666;"><em> Attention to Detail Keeps Emdeon Data Centers Running and Your Transactions Going 24x7x365</em><br />
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Recently, there was an intense lightning storm in Nashville, the city that’s home to Emdeon and one of its state-of-the-art data centers. The wild weather took down trees, sparked fires and flash floods and left parts of the area temporarily in the dark. Yet your data and essential administrative transactions were never in harm’s way—not even for a moment.<span class="fullpost"> With careful building design and construction, methodical interior layout, multilayered security and massive yet intricate operational systems, Emdeon’s data centers helped to ensure that our services and solutions continued to run smoothly.<br />
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Emdeon invested over $27 million in 2011 to build a new data center in Nashville which is just one of two highly secure locations meticulously built with redundant infrastructure and network architecture designed to provide 24/7 uptime, 365 days a year. <br />
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The second data center, located 200 miles away in Memphis, is connected to the Nashville facility by two ten gigabit pipelines. Not only does each data center serve as seamless, airtight back-up for the other for most applications, each facility has layer upon layer of redundant architecture within itself. There’s literally failsafe measure upon failsafe measure in place in both locations to safeguard data and avert system outages.<br />
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So how exactly do they work? The Emdeon data centers mirror each other and function like the brains and nervous system of the company. Both locations house state-of-the-art command centers that are staffed at all times around the clock and even on holidays to monitor and rapidly respond to even the slightest hint of a service disruption. <br />
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<i>Command Center<br />
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Millions of dollars worth of servers (2,700 total servers with much room for growth) handle literally billions of transactions each year and are protected by some of the most impressively configured temperature controls, fire suppression systems and uninterrupted power supplies. <br />
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<i>Larry Graubner, Emdeon Vice President of Information Technology</i><br />
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Here are specific highlights of just how far we’ve gone to help you carry out the business of healthcare.<br />
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<b>• Security:</b> Security is provided 24x7x365 by a separate group that reports independently to the Chief Information Officer (CIO). All activities throughout the facilities are recorded by video surveillance. Exterior and interior doors are secured with dual mode access requiring card swipe and biometric fingerprint reading for entry.<br />
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<b>• Power:</b> Data centers operate with state-of-the-art electrical systems backed by uninterruptible power supplies and turbo-charged diesel generators. The systems have N+1 redundancy (a form of resilience that ensures system availability in the event of component failure), and all power sources receive testing and maintenance to ensure they’re always on the ready. Emdeon has prioritized diesel fuel resupply priority status, second only to hospitals and life support systems, in Nashville.<br />
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<b>• Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC):</b> Cooling towers maintain constant temperatures at the data centers using continuously recycled liquid coolant. Dual towers and 6,000-gallon reserve water tanks provide additional redundancy. Each location has nearly 400 tons of HVAC with backup pumps on standby if needed, while 200 temperature sensors work constantly to monitor the air and trigger alerts if needed. <br />
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<b>• Hardware:</b> Server pods (logically arranged groups of cabinets housing servers) have redundant network and Storage Area Network (SAN) fiber connections. Switches and routers are configured with redundancy for constant uptime and the data centers are designed to accommodate additional capacity at any time.<br />
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<b>• Virtual Servers:</b> Emdeon can also rapidly deploy new virtual servers to meet various business needs quickly and efficiently. A virtual server consumes a portion of a large “host” server. First a large host server is configured and installed. But unlike physical servers which have to go through the same order, unpack, configure and install cycle each time an additional server is required, the host server with unused capacity can be allocated on the fly to rapidly create several virtual servers which can be deployed in a matter of minutes, not weeks.<br />
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To learn more about the Emdeon data centers and our commitment to innovation, visit us <a href="http://www.emdeon.com/innovation/">online</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #666666;"><b>Claims</b><br />
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Administrative Services Inc., Payer ID: 59141<br />
Advantra Freedom, Payer ID: 25133<br />
Advantra Savings, Payer ID: 25133<span class="fullpost"><br />
Allied Administrators (San Francisco CA), Payer ID: 94177<br />
Altius (Utah), Payer ID: 25133<br />
Association Benefit Plan, Payer ID: 25133<br />
BENEFIT MANAGEMENT SERVICES, Payer ID: 56139<br />
Banner Health AZ, Payer ID: SX145<br />
Banner Health Co - ROCKY MOUNTAIN HMO GREELEY, Payer ID: SX145<br />
Banner Health Co. - ANTERO GREELEY, Payer ID: SX145<br />
Banner Health Co. - ANTERO HIGH PLAINS, Payer ID: SX145<br />
Banner Health Co. - ANTERO MOUNTAIN SHADOWS, Payer ID: SX145<br />
Banner Health Co. - CHOICE PLUS, Payer ID: SX145<br />
Banner Health Co. - HMO GREELEY, Payer ID: SX145<br />
Banner Health Co. - HMO HIGH PLAINS, Payer ID: SX145<br />
Banner Health Co. - HMO MOUNTAIN SHADOWS, Payer ID: SX145<br />
Banner Health Co. - PACIFICARE GREELEY, Payer ID: SX145<br />
Banner Health Co. - PACIFICARE HIGH PLAINS, Payer ID: SX145<br />
Banner Health Co. - PACIFICARE MOUNTAIN SHADOWS, Payer ID: SX145<br />
Banner Health Co. - ROCKY MOUNTAIN HMO HIGH PLAINS, Payer ID: SX145<br />
Banner Health Co. - SECURE HORIZONS GREELEY, Payer ID: SX145<br />
Banner Health Co. - SECURE HORIZONS HIGH PLAINS, Payer ID: SX145<br />
Banner Health Co. - SECURE HORIZONS MOUNTAIN SHADOWS, Payer ID: SX145<br />
Banner Medisun, Payer ID: 77078<br />
Carelink Health Plan, Payer ID: 25133<br />
Carelink Medicaid, Payer ID: 25133<br />
Carenet, Payer ID: 25133<br />
Central Reserve Life Ins Co, Payer ID: 13193<br />
Christian Brothers Services, Payer ID: 38308<br />
Community Medical Group of the West Valley Inc., Payer ID: 66121<br />
Continental General Ins Co, Payer ID: 13193<br />
Coventry Advantra Texas, Payer ID: 25133<br />
Coventry Health & Life (Oklahoma), Payer ID: 25133<br />
Coventry Health Care, Payer ID: 25133<br />
Coventry Health Care Carelink - West Virginia only, Payer ID: 25133<br />
Coventry Health Care Carelink Medicaid - West Virginia only, Payer ID: 25133<br />
Coventry Health Care National Network, Payer ID: 25133<br />
Coventry Health Care Nevada, Payer ID: 25133<br />
Coventry Health Care of Florida Inc., Payer ID: 25133<br />
Coventry Health Care of Georgia Inc., Payer ID: 25133<br />
Coventry Health Care of Iowa Inc., Payer ID: 25133<br />
Coventry Health Care of Kansas Inc., Payer ID: 25133<br />
Coventry Health Care of Louisiana Inc., Payer ID: 25133<br />
Coventry Health Care of Nebraska Inc., Payer ID: 25133<br />
Coventry Health Plan of Florida, Payer ID: 25133<br />
Coventry Health and Life Insurance Company administered by PersonalCare, Payer ID: 25133<br />
Coventry Health and Life Insureance (Tennessee), Payer ID: 25133<br />
Coventry Missouri, Payer ID: 25133<br />
Coventry Nebraska, Payer ID: 25133<br />
Coventry Summitt Health Plan Inc., Payer ID: 25133<br />
Coventry of Health Care Delaware Inc., Payer ID: 25133<br />
CoventryCares, Payer ID: 25133<br />
CoventryCares of Kentucky, Payer ID: 25133<br />
Crescent Health Solutions, Payer ID: 56213<br />
Diamond Plan (Maryland Medicaid), Payer ID: 25133<br />
Eastland Medical Group, Payer ID: 66122<br />
First Service Administrator's Inc Lakeland Florida, Payer ID: 59276<br />
Foreign Service Benefit Plan, Payer ID: 25133<br />
GHP (Group Health Plan), Payer ID: 25133<br />
Great American Life Ins Co, Payer ID: 13193<br />
Health America Inc./Health Assurance/Advantra, Payer ID: 25133<br />
Health Cost Solutions, Payer ID: 62111<br />
Health Services for Children with Special Needs, Payer ID: 37290<br />
HealthEdge Administrators (Bakersfield CA), Payer ID: 95213<br />
Healthcare USA, Payer ID: 25133<br />
Healthways WholeHealth Networks, Payer ID: 58213<br />
IU Medical Group Primary Care, Payer ID: SX172<br />
Innovative Healthware Systems, Payer ID: Call<br />
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Employee Health Care Plan(IBBEHC), Payer ID: 48603<br />
J. F. Molloy and Associates Inc., Payer ID: 61271<br />
Kanawha HealthCare Solutions Inc., Payer ID: 57038<br />
Kanawha Insurance Co., Payer ID: 57038<br />
Lakeside Comprehensive Healthcare, Payer ID: 66127<br />
Landmark Healthcare Inc, Payer ID: LNDMK<br />
Lone Star TPA, Payer ID: 45289<br />
Loyal American Life Ins Co, Payer ID: 13193<br />
Martins Point Health Care, Payer ID: 53275<br />
Mail Handlers Benefit Plan, Payer ID: 25133<br />
Maryland Medicaid, Payer ID: 25133<br />
Mid-American Benefits, Payer ID: Call<br />
NAMCI/Global Care, Payer ID: L0110<br />
Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island (NHPRI), Payer ID: 5047<br />
Network Health Plan of Wisconsin Inc., Payer ID: 39144<br />
Omnicare, Payer ID: 25133<br />
PersonalCare, Payer ID: 25133<br />
Piedmont Behavioral Health, Payer ID: 6607<br />
Primary Health Network, Payer ID: 82048<br />
Principal Financial Group, Payer ID: 61271<br />
Provident American Life & Health Ins Co, Payer ID: 13193<br />
Regency Employee Benefits, Payer ID: 38221<br />
Resolve Health Plan Administrators LLC, Payer ID: RHA01<br />
Rural Carrier Benefit Plan, Payer ID: 25133<br />
Sendero Health, Payer ID: 36426<br />
Southern Health Service Inc., Payer ID: 25133<br />
Texas Childrens Health, Payer ID: TXCSM<br />
Texas Children's Star, Payer ID: Call<br />
Total Community Care, Payer ID: 31182<br />
Transchoice or TransSmile - First Service Administrator's Inc, Payer ID: 20807<br />
True Choice USA, Payer ID: 54210<br />
True Choice USA, Payer ID: TH083<br />
UT- Altius (UHIN), Payer ID: 25133<br />
United Teacher Assoc Ins Co, Payer ID: 13193<br />
University of Missouri, Payer ID: 25133<br />
Verdugo Hills Medical Group, Payer ID: 66126<br />
Vista Health Plan, Payer ID: 25133<br />
Wabash Memorial Hospital Association, Payer ID: 85256<br />
Waterstone Benefit Administrators (Outside Oklahoma), Payer ID: 23051<br />
WellPath, Payer ID: 25133<br />
West Covina Medical Group, Payer ID: 66124<br />
West Suburban Health Providers, Payer ID: 80942<br />
Wellmark BCBS - Medicare COB, Payer ID: SB645<br />
HMSO-Highline Medical Service Organization, Payer ID: 91164<br />
CNA, Payer ID: C1035<br />
Dallas Independent School District, Payer ID: J1494<br />
Harris County, Payer ID: J1493<br />
Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Payer ID: J1478<br />
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<b>Eligibility Inquiry and Response</b><br />
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Coresource (MD PA. IL) , Payer ID: F3518200<br />
Coresource (OH) , Payer ID: F3518300<br />
Coventry Diamond Plan (MD MEDICAID), Payer ID: F2513100<br />
Coventry Health Care Of Delaware , Payer ID: F2513000<br />
Coventry Health Care Of Georgia , Payer ID: F2512700<br />
Coventry Health Care Of Iowa , Payer ID: F2513200<br />
Coventry Health Care Of Louisiana , Payer ID: F2513500<br />
Coventry Health Care Of Nebraska , Payer ID: F2513600<br />
Coventry Healthamerica & Healthassurance, Payer ID: F2512600<br />
Coventry Southern Health Services (SHS), Payer ID: F2512800<br />
Coventry Wellpath Select / Coventry, Payer ID: F2512900<br />
CeltiCare, Payer ID: CELTI<br />
Cenpatico - Illinois, Payer ID: CBHIL<br />
Cenpatico - Kentucky, Payer ID: CBHKY<br />
Cenpatico - Massachusetts, Payer ID: CBHMA<br />
Cenpatico - Wisconsin, Payer ID: CBHWI<br />
Cenpatico Behavioral Health, Payer ID: CBHMA<br />
Consolidated Associates Railroad, Payer ID: CARIL<br />
CoreSource - Little Rock, Payer ID: CORSE00205<br />
Coresource - Ohio, Payer ID: 239<br />
Director's Guild , Payer ID: F2370600<br />
Fallon Community Health Plan , Payer ID: F2225400<br />
Health Choice of Arizona, Payer ID: HCOAZ<br />
J. F. Molloy and Associates Inc., Payer ID: 143<br />
J.F. Malloy & Associates, Payer ID: PFINL00143<br />
Kaiser Foundation - GA, Payer ID: F2131300<br />
Kentucky Spirit Health Plan, Payer ID: CKYHP<br />
Louisiana Healthcare Connections, Payer ID: CENLA<br />
Meridian Health Plan of Illinois, Payer ID: MHPIL<br />
Meritain Health, Payer ID: MTAIN<br />
Molina Healthcare of California, Payer ID: MLNCA<br />
Molina Healthcare of Florida, Payer ID: MLNFL<br />
Molina Healthcare of Michigan, Payer ID: MLNMI<br />
Molina Healthcare of Missouri, Payer ID: MLNMO<br />
Molina Healthcare of Ohio, Payer ID: MLNOH<br />
Molina Healthcare of Texas, Payer ID: MLNTX<br />
Molina Healthcare of Utah, Payer ID: MLNUT<br />
Molina Healthcare of Washington, Payer ID: MLNWA<br />
Molina Healthcare of Wisconsin, Payer ID: MLNWI<br />
Nippon Life Benefits, Payer ID: NIPON<br />
Nippon Life Benefits, Payer ID: PFINL00144<br />
Oxford Health Plans, Payer ID: 16<br />
Personal Insurance Administrators (PIA), Payer ID: PIANC<br />
Principal Financial Group, Payer ID: 143<br />
Principal Life Insurance Company, Payer ID: 143<br />
Student Insurance, Payer ID: F7422700<br />
Student Insurance, Payer ID: F7422701<br />
Student Insurance, Payer ID: F7422702<br />
Schaller Anderson Mercy Care Plan, Payer ID: AEMED<br />
Significa Benefit Services Inc., Payer ID: F2324900<br />
Significa Benefit Services Inc., Payer ID: F2325000<br />
Today's Options, Payer ID: TDOPT<br />
Touchstone Health PSO, Payer ID: 78<br />
Us Healthcare, Payer ID: F2322200<br />
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources, Payer ID: 290<br />
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources, Payer ID: STDNT<br />
Vytra, Payer ID: F2226400<br />
Writers Guild , Payer ID: F2371000<br />
BlueCross BlueShield of Vermont, Payer ID: BCVTC<br />
Absolute Total Care, Payer ID: CTOTL<br />
Bridgeway Arizona, Payer ID: CBRID<br />
Buckeye Community Health, Payer ID: CBUCK<br />
Cenpatico - Texas, Payer ID: CBHTX<br />
Cenpatico Behavioral Health (Arizona), Payer ID: CBHAZ<br />
Cenpatico Behavioral Health (Florida), Payer ID: CBHFL<br />
Cenpatico Behavioral Health (Kansas), Payer ID: CBHKS<br />
Cenpatico Behavioral Health (Ohio), Payer ID: CBHOH<br />
Cenpatico Behavioral Health (South Carolina), Payer ID: CBHSC<br />
Cenpatico-Arizona, Payer ID: CBHAZ<br />
Cenpatico-Florida, Payer ID: CBHFL<br />
Cenpatico-Kansas, Payer ID: CBHKS<br />
Cenpatico-Ohio, Payer ID: CBHOH<br />
Cenpatico-South Carolina, Payer ID: CBHSC<br />
IlliniCare Health Plan, Payer ID: CLINI<br />
Magnolia Health Plan, Payer ID: CMGHP<br />
Managed Health Services Wisconsin, Payer ID: CMHWI<br />
New Hampshire Medicaid, Payer ID: AID47<br />
New Hampshire Medicaid, Payer ID: NH<br />
Sunshine State Health Plan, Payer ID: CSSHP<br />
Superior HealthPlan, Payer ID: CSHPT<br />
Advantage by Bridgeway Health Solutions, Payer ID: CBRIA<br />
Advantage by Buckeye Community Health Plan, Payer ID: CBUCA<br />
Advantage by Managed Health Services, Payer ID: CMHSA<br />
Advantage by Superior HealthPlan Services, Payer ID: CSHPA<br />
Essence Healthcare, Payer ID: ESSNC<br />
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AMC - Touchstone PSO, Payer ID: F2385600<br />
Christian Brothers Services, Payer ID: F6127103<br />
Coresource (Little Rock) , Payer ID: F7513600<br />
Coresource (MD PA. IL) , Payer ID: F3518200<br />
Coresource (OH) , Payer ID: F3518300<br />
Coventry Diamond Plan (MD Medicaid), Payer ID: F2513100<br />
Coventry Health Care Of Delaware , Payer ID: F2513000<br />
Coventry Health Care Of Georgia , Payer ID: F2512700<br />
Coventry Health Care Of Iowa , Payer ID: F2513200<br />
Coventry Health Care Of Kansas Kansas City, Payer ID: F2513300<br />
Coventry Health Care Of Louisiana , Payer ID: F2513500<br />
Coventry Health Care Of Nebraska , Payer ID: F2513600<br />
Coventry Healthamerica & Healthassurance, Payer ID: F2512600<br />
Coventry Southern Health Services (SHS), Payer ID: F2512800<br />
Coventry Wellpath Select / Coventry, Payer ID: F2512900<br />
CoreSource - Little Rock, Payer ID: CORSE00205<br />
Coresource - Maryland Pennsylvania & Illinois, Payer ID: 236<br />
Director’S Guild , Payer ID: F2370600<br />
Health Choice of Utah, Payer ID: HECHU<br />
J. F. Molloy and Associates Inc., Payer ID: 143<br />
J.F. Malloy & Associates, Payer ID: PFINL00143<br />
Molina Healthcare of California, Payer ID: MLNCA<br />
Molina Healthcare of Florida, Payer ID: MLNFL<br />
Molina Healthcare of Michigan, Payer ID: MLNMI<br />
Molina Healthcare of Missouri, Payer ID: MLNMO<br />
Molina Healthcare of New Mexico, Payer ID: MLNNM<br />
Molina Healthcare of Ohio, Payer ID: MLNOH<br />
Molina Healthcare of Texas, Payer ID: MLNTX<br />
Molina Healthcare of Utah, Payer ID: MLNUT<br />
Molina Healthcare of Washington, Payer ID: MLNWA<br />
Molina Healthcare of Wisconsin, Payer ID: MLNWI<br />
Nippon Life Benefits, Payer ID: NIPON<br />
Nippon Life Benefits, Payer ID: PFINL00144<br />
Novasys Health, Payer ID: NOVAS<br />
Oxford Health Plans, Payer ID: 16<br />
Personal Insurance Administrators (PIA), Payer ID: PIANC<br />
Principal Financial Group, Payer ID: 143<br />
Principal Life Insurance Company, Payer ID: 143<br />
Schaller Anderson Mercy Care Plan, Payer ID: AEMED<br />
Significa Benefit Services Inc., Payer ID: F2325000<br />
Today's Options, Payer ID: TDOPT<br />
Writers Guild , Payer ID: F2371000<br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #666666;">The healthcare Industry continues its march to achieve 5010 compliance and we are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Emdeon along with other industry stakeholders is completely vested in helping its customers reach this very important mandate.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span class="fullpost"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span class="fullpost">We all know that this transition has not been an easy one and has created financial pain throughout the healthcare industry, but the constant struggle is finally paying off. Emdeon is the single largest clinical, financial and administrative health information network in the nation. In 2011, we processed more than 6 billion health information exchanges and our numbers show significant insight into the industry. Our HIPAA 5010 insight and transition experience shows us that: <br /><br />• Payer acceptance / rejection rates are stabilizing to pre-5010 levels<br />• Production issues are down <b>145 percent</b> from record highs in January<br />• Claim support cases are down <b>64 percent</b> since peak of 5010<br />• Overall payer rejections which peaked at over <b>five percent</b> are down to less than <b>four percent</b><br />• New 999 reporting issues have dropped significantly<br />• Medicare claim status tie-out rates improved from post conversion low of 82 percent to a current rate of more than 99 percent (<b>two percent higher</b> than pre-5010 rate)<br />• <b>Eighty three percent</b> of inbound claims to Emdeon are received in 5010 format<br />• <b>Eighty percent</b> of claims outbound from Emdeon are being sent to payers in 5010 format<br /><br />Overall, a lot has been achieved but there is still work to do until a successful and complete 5010 transition has been realized. The transition to HIPAA 5010 may continue to impact cash flow for some time and therefore we recommend that our providers continue to prepare for potential impact. Emdeon continues to execute toward a complete and successful transition to 5010, which is a goal we share with all industry stakeholders.<br /><br />One item still impacting the transition is a result of post 5010 production behavior not being concurrent with 5010 test results. Our industry has experienced that test platforms with some payers did not fully represent production systems or were unable to test full production volume. Also, some payers were unable to produce valid file acknowledgement or claim status reporting during testing. As a result, the healthcare industry has experienced the following substantial impacts: <br /><br />o 999s rejecting entire batches for one “bad” claim <br />o Payer rejection spikes with vague rejection messaging <br />o 277CA (claim status) transaction issues <br />o Issues with Electronic Remittance Advice (ERAs) without Tax IDs or having ERAs sent in both 4010 and 5010<br /><br />If your organization is still experiencing some of the issues, utilize Emdeon Vision for Claim Management to assist with solving your issues prior to opening a case via <a href="https://clientsupport.emdeon.com/">Emdeon ON24/7</a>. You can also consult the <a href="http://www.emdeon.com/resourcepdfs/EMDA1040193.pdf">HIPAA 5010 - Top rejection reasons</a> document to educate your providers more about specific issues.<br /><br />Emdeon has focused on multiple key initiatives within our organization to assist our channel partners and providers. <br /><br />• Emdeon added resources throughout the last two years in preparation of 5010. <br />• Our Operations and Information Technology departments have been re-engineered and personnel have been realigned to continuously flesh out the root cause of issues and identify behavioral traits in transaction processing and reporting feedback within payers and fiscal intermediaries<br />• We have revamped our industry communications across all submitter and payer channels and created a “catastrophic rejection” team that outreaches to our partners with same day identification, root cause and training for all catastrophic daily rejections<br />• Emdeon has held 5010 specific webcasts for all channels to take part in. These webcasts describe specifically what is being identified and resolved while focusing on how the healthcare industry needs to partner together in order to continually resolve all 5010 related issues <br />• Key industry stakeholders – Emdeon is continuing to facilitate communication and connect CMS, payers, submitters and third party vendors <br />• Emdeon is very involved with industry level communications such as: <br /><br />o Becker’s Hospital Review, News article on preparing hospitals for ICD-10, <a href="http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/racs-/-icd-9-/-icd-10/meeting-the-deadline-a-timeline-for-hospitals-icd-10-transition.html">Meeting the Deadline: A Timeline for Hospitals' ICD-10 Transition</a><br />o Debbi Meisner, Part B News, Feature article on the 5010 transition, 5 HIPAA 5010 edits to avoid when testing claims (clip available offline)<br />o Debbi Meisner, Healthcare IT News, by lined commentary on 5010 preparedness, <a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/blog/hipaa-5010-are-you-ready-new-transaction-standardpWeather=CHO&ResortID=4&Page=floorplans">HIPAA 5010: Are You Ready for the New Transaction Standard?</a> <br />o Debbi Meisner, AAFP News, News article on the state of 5010 and how doctors can help, <a href="http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/practice-professional-issues/20120215compliance5010.html">http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/practice-professional-issues/20120215compliance5010.html</a> <br />o Debbi Meisner, enforcement delay, the actual transition and the benefits to those on the other side on the Government Health IT news site,<br /><a href="http://www.govhealthit.com/news/commentary-how-hipaa-5010-has-fared" target="_blank">http://www.govhealthit.com/news/commentary-how-hipaa-5010-has-fared</a><br /><br />• Emdeon is holding regular meetings with CMS, WEDI and other Industry leaders in the payer, clearinghouse and submitter space to identify issues and share best practices on resolution<br />• Where possible, Emdeon is standardizing vague or un-actionable payer rejection messages to allow Providers to correct and re-file in a timely manner<br /><br />Our healthcare industry is multi-dimensional and constantly evolving. Emdeon is committed to advance with it while helping our customers evolve too. For additional information about HIPAA 5010 transition and ICD-10 compliance, please visit <a href="http://www.emdeon.com/5010/">hipaasimplified.com</a>.<br /><br /><a class="addthis_button" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&username=xa-4bf548f36d3f5fa0"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" height="16" src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" width="125" /></a></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#666666;"><em>Part 1 of a 4-part series designed to offer small practice providers tips on improving their administrative and clinical operations.</em><br />
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Consider how long it takes to pay your energy bills. Every month, the bill comes in. You are expecting it. You know your service will be cut off if you fail to send a check.<span class="fullpost"> So you promptly pay the bill. The time from service delivery to payment collection for utility companies is only a matter of weeks, even with customers who continue to pay through the mail. It’s hard to imagine anything longer than that.<br />
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In contrast, the time between a patient visit and full remittance is typically much longer—often dragging on for months.<br />
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This is a major pain point for most practices. When your providers don’t get paid in a timely manner, cash flow suffers for both you and your providers. Often, the longer it takes to receive patient remittance, the less likely providers will get paid in full. Discounts may be negotiated, for instance and providers may be forced to write off balances they have no hope of settling.<br />
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The bad news is that the problem is expected to get worse. Patient responsibility—out-of-pocket payments—rose nearly 50 percent between 2000 and 2010 to an all-time high of $299.7 billion.* This trend is likely to continue as payers look to relieve their own financial pressures, including increased competition and rising costs for medical care.<br />
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Physician practices can achieve a certain degree of control over the situation, however, by recognizing contributing factors, managing “patient-responsible” balances more proactively and communicating with patients more effectively. Here are some tips and tactics to keep in mind.<br />
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1. Educate your providers to ensure that the information they have about their patients is current and accurate. This information is provided by the patient through registration forms at the time of the visit or through online forms that the patient can submit prior to arriving at the doctor’s office. Whether your providers use your software or their own technology to capture patient registration, it is important to verify this information with their commercial and Medicare patients at least once a year to keep records up to date. Medicaid patients are the exception: because of the generally transient nature of this population, information should be checked at the beginning of each month.<br />
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2. Traditionally, physician practices have not asked and thus often choose not to, bill their patients at the end of the visit. They know insurance will pay some of the charges and prefer to wait until they receive insurance reimbursement to then calculate the patient’s portion. However, providers can close this gap by verifying benefits and eligibility before patients arrive at their office for the appointment. Emdeon is connected to the largest group of commercial and government payers in the industry through which accurate eligibility information can be verified in real-time or high-volume batches. And easy-to-read benefits statements enables providers to see an estimate of what their patients will owe at check-in. This allows providers to educate patients about what’s covered and what’s not and ultimately, what they owe and should pay at the time of service. <br />
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3. Use the phrase “final bill” liberally on patient statements. Patients pay more quickly when they understand their balance is really and truly due NOW. After providers have received insurance reimbursement, they should generate a final bill—even if it’s the first statement they have sent. This will alert patients that the amount presented is final and creates a sense of urgency to send payment. Patients may also be more inclined to pay in a timely manner if given a secure online payment option.<br />
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Because of the “caring” nature of medicine, some practices in the past have found it difficult to pursue payment from patients. But by utilizing the approaches outlined above, practices can be better equipped to adopt a process to discuss charges openly and encourage timely payment that will allow providers to stay competitive as the trend in patient payment responsibility continues to grow.<br />
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By using our innovative reporting, analytics and payment tools like <a href="http://www.emdeon.com/visionforpartners/">Emdeon Vision for Claim Management</a>, <a href="http://www.emdeon.com/expressbillforpartners/">Emdeon Expressbill</a>, and <a href="http://www.emdeon.com/patientpayonlineforpartners/">Emdeon Patient Pay Online</a> your providers can see where their revenue is at all times. Our combined approach of strong communication and technology services will cut costs, and speed up the billing and payment cycle giving your providers more time to spend with their patients.<br />
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<em>(Note: Stay tuned for an in-depth look at online strategies to enhance patient billing and collections in the next issue of this newsletter.)<br />
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If you would like to re-publish provider-focused version of this article or any other for your own newsletter, please email us at <a href="mailto: channel_partners@emdeon.com">channel_partners@emdeon.com</a>. <br />
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* “Consumer Out-of-Pocket Payments for National Health Expenditures,” Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, Jan. 2012.</em><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #666666;">Did you know technology is available to connect providers to labs through Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) without the exorbitant fees for set-up and annual maintenance common to point-to-point connections? There is also a sustainable business model and revenue stream available for Electronic Health Records (EHR) vendors that embrace the shift to the latest technology.<span class="fullpost"><br /><br />It is natural for the market to eventually shift to more efficient, more affordable technology over time. However, the demands of Stage 2 Meaningful Use rules will likely expedite the evolution away from the point-to-point business model for laboratory connectivity. For any organization looking to stay at the forefront and maximize revenue, the time is now to integrate the latest technology.<br /><br />Organizations that have not yet made the shift from the point-to-point model are not alone; we are in the early stages of transitioning. Even at the recent Executive War College on Laboratory & Pathology Management, a conference attracting lab business leaders, vendors and policy makers from across the country, it was clear from discussions that many “EMR Hubs” continue to run on dated, point-to-point connectivity that has high-cost and high-maintenance. <br /><br />However, the latest technology is poised to lead the industry in a new direction. This technology standardizes lab connections through a single interface. As a cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), it offers easy implementation and integration, responsive speed in use and little to no ongoing maintenance. This helps accelerate your speed to market with value added solutions for your customers while helping them achieve meaningful use certification.<br /><br />That last point is significant. <br /><br />Under the most recently stated rules of Stage 2 meaningful use, at least 40 percent of lab results must be incorporated into EHRs as structured data. Furthermore, Stage 2 doubles (computerized provider order entry) CPOE requirements to 60 percent. Stage 2 will lead to increased order modules in EHRs. This means it will be more important than ever that connectivity between providers and labs be supported through their EMR solutions and that the connectivity extend beyond major labs to include smaller/specialty ones, as well. In fact, according to a recent study*, 57 percent of small practices, 88 percent of large practices and 79 percent of hospitals indicated that achieving Meaningful Use is very important or critically important to their organization. This is a top priority of our industry.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span class="fullpost"><br />The shift away from the point-to-point model is certainly good news for providers and labs who presently must pay the high fees, wrestle with multiple interfaces and fret about meaningful use compliance. With this new model, providers won’t have to limit their connectivity only to those labs where they do a majority of their work-- the barrier to entry to access all labs is substantially lower. <br /><br />What is good news for providers and labs is good news for businesses like yours as well. This easy-to-integrate, easy-to-implement technology adds more value to your EHR system in the immediate and long term. You can offer this high-tech advancement for minimal capital investment (and minimal risk) because the infrastructure is in the cloud. <br /><br />Emdeon is a leading resource in the industry for lab connectivity solutions that go beyond antiquated point-to-point offerings. By using our clinical exchange solutions, you can infuse your EHR system with connections to over 300 laboratories and hospitals, as well as access virtually all pharmacies through our ePrescription transaction routing. With Emdeon, you can become your customer’s ultimate connecting point...without doing all the heavy lifting. <br /><br />Are you ready to help your customers connect the dots to find an alternative to point-to-point, and increase your opportunity to grow revenue?<br />Contact us today <br /><br />About the author:<br />Michele Judge is Senior Director of Clinical Services at Emdeon. She has over 20 years experience in managing, deploying and developing computerized physician order entry solutions for laboratories, hospitals and pharmacies.<br /><br />*SOURCE: Emdeon Q12012 Healthcare Insights Report on Small Practice, Large Practice, and Hospitals. <br /><br /><br /><a class="addthis_button" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&username=xa-4bf548f36d3f5fa0"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" height="16" src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" width="125" /></a><br /><br /><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4bf548f36d3f5fa0" type="text/javascript">
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Aetna Better Health Inc., Payer ID: 34734<br />
Agency Services Inc, Payer ID: 64158<br />
Benefit Management Group-NV, Payer ID: 36459<br />
CTI ADMINISTRATORS INC., Payer ID: 42141<br />
Carpenters Health and Welfare Fund of Philadelphia, Payer ID: CX101<span class="fullpost"><br />
Claims Management Services, Payer ID: 39141<br />
Clarian Health Plans Inc., Payer ID: 95444<br />
Connecticare - Medicare, Payer ID: 78375<br />
CoreSource Little Rock, Payer ID: 75136<br />
DiaTri LLC, Payer ID: 36439<br />
Employee Benefit Systems, Payer ID: 42149<br />
Fallon Community Health Plan, Payer ID: 22254<br />
GHI - Medicare Private Fee for Service, Payer ID: 22937<br />
GHI - New York (Group Health Inc.), Payer ID: 13551<br />
GHI HMO, Payer ID: 25531<br />
Geisinger Health Plan, Payer ID: 75273<br />
Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin, Payer ID: 39167<br />
Group Health Inc., Payer ID: 22937<br />
HIP - Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York, Payer ID: 55247<br />
Harrington Health-Kansas (formerly known as Fiserv Health-Kansas), Payer ID: 62061<br />
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Payer ID: 4271<br />
ISLAND HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, Payer ID: <br />
IU Medical Group Primary Care, Payer ID: SX172<br />
Integra Group, Payer ID: 31127<br />
LIFE Pittsburgh, Payer ID: 25181<br />
Landmark Healthcare Inc, Payer ID: LNDMK<br />
MED PAY, Payer ID: 88058<br />
MEDICA HEALTH CARE PLAN INC., Payer ID: 78857<br />
March Vision Care Inc., Payer ID: Call<br />
Meritain Health / Agency Services, Payer ID: 64158<br />
Meritain Health/North American Administrators, Payer ID: 64157<br />
Metropolitan Health Plan, Payer ID: 10850<br />
Montefiore Contract Management Organization, Payer ID: 13174<br />
Network Health, Payer ID: 4332<br />
Network Health Insurance Corp-Medicare, Payer ID: 77076<br />
North American Administrators Inc., Payer ID: 64157<br />
North American Health Plan, Payer ID: 64157<br />
North American Preferred, Payer ID: 64157<br />
Northstar Advantage, Payer ID: 60058<br />
ODS Health Plan, Payer ID: 13350<br />
PacificSource Health Plans, Payer ID: 93029<br />
Paragon Benefits Inc., Payer ID: 58174<br />
Prism-First Health, Payer ID: 37303<br />
Screen Actors Guild, Payer ID: 99289<br />
Touchstone Health PSO, Payer ID: 23856<br />
Trellis Health Partners, Payer ID: 36397<br />
Vytra Healthcare, Payer ID: 22264<br />
Weyco Inc., Payer ID: 38232<br />
Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Payer ID: 74101<br />
Anthem Blue Cross, Payer ID: 47198<br />
Associated Benefits, Payer ID: 50266<br />
Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico, Payer ID: SB790<br />
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma, Payer ID: SB840<br />
Illinois Medicaid, Payer ID: SKIL0<br />
Nebraska Medicaid, Payer ID: SKNE0<br />
New Hampshire Medicaid, Payer ID: SKNH0<br />
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Ameritas Group, Payer ID: AMERITAS<br />
Ameritas Life Insurance Company, Payer ID: 425<br />
CoreSource - FMH, Payer ID: CORSE00204<br />
CoreSource - FMH, Payer ID: CRSKC<br />
CoreSource - Little Rock, Payer ID: CORSE00205<br />
CoreSource Little Rock, Payer ID: CRSAR<br />
Coresource - FMH, Payer ID: 204<br />
Coresource Little Rock, Payer ID: 205<br />
First Ameritas of New York, Payer ID: 426<br />
First Ameritas of New York, Payer ID: AMTAS00426<br />
First Reliance Standard Life Ins Co., Payer ID: 428<br />
First Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, Payer ID: AMTAS428<br />
MMSI, Payer ID: 85<br />
MMSI, Payer ID: MMSI<br />
Medica, Payer ID: 404<br />
Medica, Payer ID: MEDIC<br />
Medical Mutual of Ohio, Payer ID: 211<br />
Medical Mutual of Ohio, Payer ID: MMO00211<br />
Nippon Life Benefits, Payer ID: NIPON<br />
Peoples Health, Payer ID: PPLSH<br />
Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, Payer ID: 427<br />
Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, Payer ID: AMTAS00427<br />
SAMBA Health Benefit Plan, Payer ID: SAMBA<br />
Standard Insurance Company, Payer ID: 429<br />
Standard Insurance Company, Payer ID: AMTAS00429<br />
Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Payer ID: 430<br />
Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Payer ID: AMTAS00430<br />
ameritas, Payer ID: AMTAS00425<br />
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Pennsylvania (Highmark), Payer ID: BCPAC<br />
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Pennsylvania - Highmark, Payer ID: 440<br />
Mountain State, Payer ID: MTNST<br />
Affinity Health Plan, Payer ID: AFNTY<br />
New Jersey Medicaid, Payer ID: AID19<br />
New Jersy Medicaid, Payer ID: NJ<br />
South Dakota Medicaid, Payer ID: AID28<br />
South Dakota Medicaid, Payer ID: SD<br />
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<b>Claim Status And Response:</b><br />
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Ameritas Group, Payer ID: AMERITAS<br />
Ameritas Life Insurance Company, Payer ID: 425<br />
CoreSource - FMH, Payer ID: CORSE00204<br />
CoreSource - FMH, Payer ID: CRSKC<br />
CoreSource - Little Rock, Payer ID: CORSE00205<br />
CoreSource Little Rock, Payer ID: CRSAR<br />
Coresource - FMH, Payer ID: 204<br />
Coresource Little Rock, Payer ID: 205<br />
First Ameritas of New York, Payer ID: 426<br />
First Ameritas of New York, Payer ID: AMTAS00426<br />
First Reliance Standard Life Ins Co., Payer ID: 428<br />
First Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, Payer ID: AMTAS428<br />
MMSI, Payer ID: 85<br />
MMSI, Payer ID: MMSI<br />
Medica, Payer ID: 404<br />
Medica, Payer ID: MEDIC<br />
Nippon Life Benefits, Payer ID: NIPON<br />
Peoples Health, Payer ID: PPLSH<br />
Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, Payer ID: 427<br />
Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, Payer ID: AMTAS00427<br />
SAMBA Health Benefit Plan, Payer ID: SAMBA<br />
Standard Insurance Company, Payer ID: 429<br />
Standard Insurance Company, Payer ID: AMTAS00429<br />
Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Payer ID: 430<br />
Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Payer ID: AMTAS00430<br />
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</span></span></span></p><strong><a class="fullpost" href="http://emdeoncurrent.blogspot.com/2012/06/new-payer-transactions.html">Read More >></a></strong>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897392298463705513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120579861702664777.post-5091325424099149632011-12-30T10:15:00.002-06:002011-12-30T10:17:51.159-06:00HIPAA Update for Channel Partners<img src="http://www.emdeon.com/eNewsletters/Beat/Winter10/nwsltr_SkinnyArticleHeader.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#666666;"><br />Emdeon continues to guide our customers successfully through the migration to the X12 5010 and NCPDP D.0 versions of the HIPAA transaction standards. We have enhanced our 5010 systems and products to support the Errata versions HIPAA transactions.<span class="fullpost"> The Errata versions of the gap analysis documents are available at the HIPAA Simplified website under downloads. <br /><br />We strive to provide you with the most updated and accurate information regarding our readiness for HIPAA 5010. Please see below answers to the most commonly asked questions regarding HIPAA 5010. <br /><br /><b>What is Emdeon’s current state and plans for HIPAA 5010 testing? </b><br />Emdeon is currently testing and implementing 5010 with submitters and payers while already in production with some payers and submitters. The late release of the Errata changes to the 5010 transaction standards further constricted the already narrow 5010 testing and conversion window. Nevertheless, as you can see in the list below, Emdeon has initiated submitter and payer testing on all 5010 transactions. <br /><br /><b>Errata testing/production in process: </b><br />• 837 Professional claims <br />• 837 Institutional claims <br />• 837 Dental claims <br />• 835 ERAs <br />• 270/271 Eligibility verification <br /><br />Emdeon is also testing and implementing the Final Rule version with submitters and payers for the HIPAA X12 transactions that were not included in the Errata revisions: <br /><br />• 276/277 Claim Status <br />• 278 Referral/Authorization <br /><br /><b>How can my organization initiate testing with Emdeon? </b><br />Emdeon has created HIPAA 5010 conversion tools to help automate the conversion for your convenience. To begin this process, please initiate testing through your Emdeon ON24/7 account. Please refer to the Submitter Claim Quick Reference Guide to guide you further. Detailed instructions are also available on Emdeon ON24/7. <br /><br /><b>How will my organization be notified of any product updates if required? </b><br />Emdeon has created a global communications plan for our clients. In addition, HIPAA 5010 Product fact sheets are available and being distributed for each product line. Remember to frequently visit Emdeon’s hipaasimplified.com website which has been recently updated and reorganized to contain new valuable content like product fact sheets and product specific testing information. <br /><br /><b>What is the timeline(s) of events?</b><br />The compliance date of HIPAA 5010 conversion is January 1st, 2012*. All Emdeon products and services have been remediated for 5010; we are in testing phase with many submitters and payers while already in production with some submitters and payers.<br /><br /><b>Is 5010 delayed until March 2012? </b><br />No, the compliance date for 5010 standards remains January 1, 2012, however on November 17th , 2011, CMS announced that the Office of E-Health Standards and Services (OESS) would not initiate enforcement action until March 31, 2012. Emdeon strongly encourages its clients to meet the January 1, 2012 compliance deadline if possible. Customers should not view this announcement as a 90 day extension of the compliance date and should continue testing earnestly with their trading partners to meet the end of the year deadline. <br /><a href="http://www.cms.gov/ICD10/Downloads/CMSStatement5010EnforcementDiscretion111711.pdf">http://www.cms.gov/ICD10/Downloads/CMSStatement5010EnforcementDiscretion111711.pdf</a><br /><br /><b>Did Emdeon participate in the CMS National version 5010 Testing Days?</b><br />Yes, Emdeon did participate in the CMS National version 5010 day on June 14th and also in the subsequent testing week (August 22nd to August 26th). Emdeon sent test files to all Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) during both these testing periods.<br /><br /><b>How can I obtain additional information about HIPAA 5010? </b><br />Emdeon has created a valuable web resource available to all industry stakeholders titled HIPAA Simplified, which may be found at www.hipaasimplified.com. HIPAA Simplified is a one-stop online resource that features gap analysis, business level documentation, webinars, timelines for the transition and testing information for our customers. <br /><br />Thanks for trusting Emdeon as your source for HIPAA readiness. We are working diligently to deliver solutions that enable our customers to seamlessly meet these industry regulatory requirements. <br /><br /><em>*The compliance date for 5010 standards remains January 1, 2012, however on November 17th, 2011; CMS announced that the Office of E-Health Standards and Services (OESS) would not initiate enforcement action until March 31, 2012. Emdeon strongly encourages its clients to meet the January 1, 2012 compliance deadline if possible.</em><br /> <br /><br /><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><br /><a class="addthis_button" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&username=xa-4bf548f36d3f5fa0"><img src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4bf548f36d3f5fa0"></script><br /><!-- AddThis Button END --><br /></span></span></span><br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><strong><a class="fullpost" href="http://www.emdeoncurrent.com/2011/12/hipaa-update-for-channel-partners.html">Read More>></a></strong></p></span>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897392298463705513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120579861702664777.post-54897811858400840862011-12-30T10:05:00.004-06:002011-12-30T10:14:27.387-06:00Change for the Best: Tips for Helping Healthcare Organizations Manage Change<img src="http://www.emdeon.com/eNewsletters/Beat/Winter10/nwsltr_SkinnyArticleHeader.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#666666;"><br />Today, the healthcare industry is facing a barrage of changes. Mandates and technology updates, including ICD-10 conversion, are intimidating and can affect how an organization functions. While most believe that to some extent conforming to these new standards will “do good” in the long term, they certainly make navigating the present a difficult task. <span class="fullpost"><br /><br />So as a general guide we’ve compiled some useful tips that can help your organization and providers manage change. We use ICD-10 as an example here, but these ideas are helpful in dealing with any industry wide transition. <br /><br /><b>Be Ready for Change</b><br />“The only sustainable competitive advantage today is the ability to change, adapt, and evolve—and to do it better than the competition.” 1<br /><br />“Change management” isn’t about minimizing fall-out and problems in times of transition; it’s about proactively leading organizations into new chapters for best outcomes. Through preparedness and concentrated programs for responding to change, healthcare organizations may not only make transitions successfully but thrive in a competitive marketplace, as well. <br /><br />People’s natural reaction to change is resistance, because we generally fear the unknown. However, top-down management that cultivates an internal mindset to accept change as progress and then supports that mindset with people-focused processes will more likely get the buy-in of employees.<br /><br /><b>How can this specifically apply to the current healthcare environment?</b><br />Assess the scope. Determine how widespread the changes are, and identify all departments and employees that will be affected. From there, a workable plan can be developed. To use an example here, the scope and intricacy of the ICD-10 transition is significant. The ICD-10 transition will have a major impact throughout the healthcare industry and will be a major commission for providers, payers and channel partners and hence require prompt readiness.<br /><br />- Position a senior leadership team to front the change. Studies confirm that change management works best when persons of authority show active support.<br />- Keep lines of communications open. Communications should not come to the forefront only in times of crisis. Healthcare organizations should function on a foundation of sound, internal communications to always be ready when change comes.<br /><br /><b>Lead Change</b><br />“The most common barrier to success was lack of change management. They fell short when managing the people side of change...” 2<br /><br />Change is a powerful force that must be harnessed through effective administration and implementation, and a key component of the effort is the focus on the people side of change. It’s essential to keep all constituencies in mind as detailed plans are created at this point in the change process. 3 <br /><br />If you look at that from an ICD-10 perspective, your organization can achieve a critical strategic advantage by proper planning, fully utilizing your ICD-10 investments and moving beyond sheer compliance.<br /><br />It’s essential to realize that most people’s overriding question during seasons of change is “How will this affect me?” A good plan for change will provide clear answers to this question. Likewise, true leadership of change will consistently allocate needed resources and support for success, and plans will alter responsively throughout the course.<br /><br /><b>Become the Change</b><br />“An organization that...uses effective change management...with each new initiative may experience a fundamental shift in its operations and the behavior of its employees. ...The organization has become ready and able to embrace change...” 4<br /><br />When change is repeatedly administered well, healthcare organizations are able to weave these effective approaches into the fiber of their operations and truly be poised for competitive success. In essence, executives and employees “become the change” they wish to achieve in their organization.<br /><br />Remember any major change requires planning, persistence and leadership but benefits for being adequately prepared are countless. <br /><br />1- From “Managing Change in Healthcare”, Rashid Khalfan Al-Abri, 2007<br />2, 4- From “Change Management - The People Side of Change”, Hiatt & Creasey, 2003 <br />3- From “Getting Ahead of the Change Curve”, Nancy Fagan-Coburn, 2006<br /> <br /><br /><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><br /><a class="addthis_button" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&username=xa-4bf548f36d3f5fa0"><img src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4bf548f36d3f5fa0"></script><br /><!-- AddThis Button END --><br /></span></span></span><br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><strong><a class="fullpost" href="http://www.emdeoncurrent.com/2011/12/change-for-best-tips-for-helping.html">Read More>></a></strong></p></span>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897392298463705513noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120579861702664777.post-61267098837776211782011-12-30T10:01:00.005-06:002012-01-06T09:42:07.415-06:00Emdeon EHR Lite Simplifies ePrescribing for Physicians<img src="http://www.emdeon.com/eNewsletters/Beat/Winter10/nwsltr_SkinnyArticleHeader.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#666666;"><br />Emdeon offers a quick to market EHR Lite solution that includes ePrescribing functionality as well as electronic lab orders and reports management. Emdeon Clinician, part of the Emdeon Office Suite, is also a certified EHR Lite that meets Stage 1 Meaningful Use criteria and can help eligible providers qualify for government incentives.*<span class="fullpost"> This solution is available to Emdeon channel partners to co-brand or implement into their existing software offering. Visit Emdeon’s <a href=http://www.emdeon.com/meaningfuluse/">Meaningful use topic center</a> to view a short video about Meaningful Use and Emdeon Clinician. <br /><br />Emdeon has recently expanded its Emdeon Office Suite™ to enable providers to participate in ePrescribing and to assist those providers to qualify for monetary incentives as outlined in the HITECH Act. Emdeon Office Suite offers electronic health record (EHR) capabilities compliant with Stage 1 Meaningful Use criteria. Emdeon Clinician™, part of the Emdeon Office Suite, is a certified EHR Lite* that combines day-to-day administrative health information exchange with electronic lab ordering, results distribution and ePrescribing. Read the <a href="http://emdeon.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=118">press release</a>. <br /><br />Worth viewing or passing to your providers:<br /><a href="http://www.emdeon.com/videolibrary/?product=1423&package=1423&productname=Emdeon%20Clinician%20EHR%20Lite&thumbnails=false&displaytitles=true&size=650x488&preload=http://stagepost.vo.llnwd.net/o29/emdeon/clinical/Clinical_e2e7bafe-6141_800x600-01-Meaningfu">Emdeon Clinician EHR Lite Demo</a><br /><br /><em>**This Complete EHR is 2011/2012 compliant and has been certified by an ONC-ATCB in accordance with the applicable certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. This certification does not represent an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or guarantee the receipt of incentive payments. Emdeon Inc, 10/22/10, Emdeon Clinician 7.4, 1014201030691,NQF0064/PQRI128, NQF0041/PQRI110, NQF0024, NQF0028, NQF0038, NQF0059/PQRI1,NQF0064/PQRI2, NQF0061/PQRI3.Emdeon Clinician is not currently certified for Stages 2 and 3 and we do not promise that users will qualify for any particular amount of enhanced payments.</em><br /> <br /><br /><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><br /><a class="addthis_button" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&username=xa-4bf548f36d3f5fa0"><img src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4bf548f36d3f5fa0"></script><br /><!-- AddThis Button END --><br /></span></span></span><br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><strong><a class="fullpost" href="http://www.emdeoncurrent.com/2011/12/emdeon-ehr-lite-simplifiees.html">Read More>></a></strong></p></span>Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897392298463705513noreply@blogger.com0