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YOU HAVE BEEN FORCED INTO A FACILIT Y EMR THAT WA S NOT OF YOUR CHOOSING. WHE THER YOUR PR ACTICE RUNS OUT OF A HOSPITAL, AN URGENT CARE CLINIC, AN SNF, AN LTAC OR AN ALF, YOU L ACK THE AUTONOMY TO CONTROL THE MANAGEMENT OF YOUR ENCOUNTERS. YOUR CONCERNS ARE NOT RESOLVED SWIF TLY, IF AT ALL. YOUR PR ACTICE IS OTHERWISE RUNNING WELL, BUT THE FACILIT Y'S SYSTEM CRE ATES HE ADACHES AND FRUSTR ATION THAT LE AD TO DEL AY AND LOSS OF REIMBURSEMENT. IT IS TIME to do away with your paper super bills. It is time to g ive up on the hospita l-created patient list s to bi l l from. If your practice is stable and ready to move to the nex t level, it is time to lea rn about cha rge capture technolog y. Picture a system that eliminates a ll paper bills and syncs digita lly with your bi l ling system in rea l time. No more fa x i n g , sca n n i n g or hau l i n g pat ient i n for mation i n t he ba ck seat of you r ca r. Your intention is to submit your billing da ily, but we a ll know how of ten that works out. Cha rge capt u re t ech nolog y s y ncs to the facilit y 's system. Your patient 's demog r a ph ic a nd i n s u r a nc e i n for - m at ion a re pu l led f rom t he fa ci l it y d a t a b a s e , m a t c h e d t o y ou r bi l l i n g encounter a nd popu lated direct ly to your bi l ling sof t wa re or to your bi l l- i ng compa ny 's system . Cloud-ba sed software executes this transfer in fewer tha n 5 seconds from the moment you complete documentation. Did I mention that this all works from an app on your phone? Regarding your documentation, realize that this is not an EMR. You do not need to duplicate your H&P notes. Here is what you are expected to perform: 1 . O p e n y o u r a p p t o v i e w y o u r patient roster. 2. Swipe to add a diag nosis. 3. Swipe to choose the service you provide. 4. Send to billing. It is that simple. Your billing workload will take just a minute or two per patient encounter. Seem too good to be true? Just wait, it gets better. Are you participating with PQRS? You can streamline that process as well. You choose the measures with which you want to attest. Then, each time the appropriate diagnosis and service match up, your app will pop up a PQRS alert. You are prompted to answer a couple of ques- tions, and the PQRS code is auto-loaded to your claim. If you have other providers in your group, they will be forced to attest by set- ting PQRS answers as a requirement to complete billing. While your competitors are paying hefty monthly bills for their EMRs, you pay a quarter of their fees for this app. In exchange, you save time, shorten your bill- ing lag time, tighten your cash-flow process and ensure compliance with PQRS. Take control back from your depen- dence on the facility's technology choices. Tim DiBona is the Business Director fo r D octo rs' Man a ge m e nt Se r v ice , a provider of medical billing solution s fo r a chi e v in g ef fective ch arge m an- a ge m e nt , co mpli an ce an d wo rk f l o w e f f i c i e n c y . D o c t o r s ' M a n a g e m e n t S e r v i c e i s b a s e d i n S o u t h E a s t o n , Massachusetts. Email DiBona at tim@ doctorsmanagementservice.org or visit www.doctorsmanagementservice.org. ■ Ends the Financial Handicap of the Facility Electronic Medical Record BY TIMOTHY DIBONA BY TIMOTHY DIBONA CHARGE CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY M D N E W S .C O M /// M D N E W S S O U T H O F B O S T O N ■ 2 016 0 5 P R A C T I C E M A N A G E M E N T ❰❰❰❰❰ 0 5