EHR and RCM Solutions for Orthopedic Surgeons

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EHR and RCM Solutions for Orthopedic Surgeons

• Value-based care is all about improving patient
  experiences and outcomes, and that is one reason
  why most healthcare providers are turning to
  electronic health records (EHR) and other
  software solutions so that their practices do
  well, or at least thrive in today's highly
  competitive atmosphere. Going forward, physicians
  can expect to be paid based on their performance,
  which has to match that of their peers in quality
  as well as cost.
• Orthopedic surgeons and orthopedic billing
  service providers looking for EHR solutions need
  to keep in mind following 3 important points
• Being Accessible at all times
• Among all the specialties, it is probably
  orthopedic and orthopedic surgeons who are on the
  go most of the time. They are either meeting
  their patients or studying the X-rays of their
  patients and getting back to them for offering
  further advice. This is indeed a time-consuming
  process, and the need of the day is a solution
  that lets them to document their observations
  while on the go. Something that is cloud-based
  and can be accessed on the Smartphone or iPad
  would certainly be handy. There are several
  solutions that can be accessed remotely by
  orthopedic surgeons and Orthopedic billing
  companies to make their tasks easier.

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EHR and RCM Solutions for Orthopedic Surgeons
2. Quality Clinical Documentation   According
to CMS' Merit-Based-Incentive-Payment system, all
practices will be graded on scores ranging from 0
to 100 depending on four important criteria, one
of which is clinical documentation. The
incentives that the practices earn will solely
depend on the scores, and if they fail to meet
the minimum they may even be penalized. All
payment adjustments will be paid out only in
2019, which will be determined on the performance
throughout 2017. Orthopedic surgeons who deserve
will certainly get their due. However, orthopedic
billing vendors should note that it will be
difficult to establish the clinical quality of
documentation unless EHR is up to date. 3.
Broad-based Interface Orthopedic billing and
coding companies realize the importance of
interoperability, which is an important issue in
health IT. Several orthopedic billing companies
and other organizations have been emphasizing the
importance of working on a vendor-neutral
platform where there is a common interface that
allows access to physicians, orthopedic billing
companies, and other related organizations
operating from various locations remotely.
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EHR and RCM Solutions for Orthopedic Surgeons
Common Well Health Alliance is already working
on such a platform. Surgeons will be able to
access patients' health information that can be
stored on various EHR systems. Going forward,
orthopedic surgeons may even be able to automate
data entry with consummate ease and will be able
to do it on mobile patient portals that can be
accessed from anywhere at any time. Medical
Billers and Coders (MBC) is a leading medical
billing company providing complete RCM services.
To know more about our Orthopedic billing and
coding services, contact us at info_at_medicalbillers
andcoders.com/888-357-3226.