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Originally Posted by Katiana
Uh, not so. The practice where I work has no plans to start any type of EMR. There is a practice in my building that doesn't even have a fax machine!
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I'm wrong about EHR but what about billing? Health information is provided to insurers for reimbursement. Without it, no reimbursement. Do you only deal in cash? It's been awhile since I was involved in biling but the bit I know about Medicare, Medicare and, I thought, private 3rd party payors as a provider requires electronic processing of information. How do you access providers NPI numbers which are required for at the minimum Medicare billing? Or Medicaid provider numbers?
The studies I've seen have shown that there was a significant loss of reimbursement with 'paper' billing due to lack of information provided to the insurer. That's why a lot of private practice doc's go belly up fairly quickly. EHR has resulted in better reimbursement because the information is there. As someone who has 'written' notes and entered information into EHR, I can tell you the information I enter is more complete. EHR is much quicker than writing/dictating but the cues for specific diagnosis are built into the system. When seeing 25 to 40 patients per day is the norm, writing and dictating is quick and not as complete. I see your clinic changing to EHR.
A providers office that doesn't even have a fax? My thought as a consumer is they must be really old fashion, reluctant to change and their medical practice/education probably reflects that.
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