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PCM 5.5
Certified for Meaningful
Use |
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Patient
Chart Manager
(PCM) Version
5.5 Earns Meaningful
Use Certification
(January
7, 2011 - Pasadena,
Calif.) - Prime
Clinical Systems
has received the
government's requisite
stamp of approval
and is now officially
ready to help
medical group
practices achieve
meaningful use
- and qualify
for their share
of the government's
incentive funds
under the American
Recovery and Reinvestment
Act. Prime Clinical's
Patient Chart
Manager software
was tested and
certified under
InfoGard's Electronic
Health Records
Office of the
National Coordinator
Authorized Testing
and Certification
Body (ONC-ATCB)
program. As such,
the EHR software
is 2011/2012 compliant
in accordance
with the criteria
adopted by the
Secretary of Health
and Human Services.
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Connectivity
Issue - Palmetto
Currently
we have been receiving
many calls in
regards to connectivity
issues when sending
claims and downloading
files from Palmetto.
The
symptoms were
related to Palmetto's
system hanging
at different points
of connecting.
This resulted
in electronic
claims that were
not billed and
report and ERA
files not being
picked up. In
some circumstances,
this may cause
your phone line
to hang, resulting
in larger-than-usual
phone charges.
Remember:
The number your
system dials for
Palmetto Medicare
EDI is a long
distance call.
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2nd
Annual Users Meeting
in Northern California
The
2nd Annual Northern
California Users
Meeting will be
March 10 and 11
at the Embassy
Suites in Walnut
Creek. Please
contact Sandy
Thompson at 925
922-7670 or
sandy@primeclinical.com for
more information.
Note:
The same information
will be covered
both days.
To
Register, click
here
to
download the Registration
Form.
Southern
California
User Meeting
The
Southern California
User Meeting on
February 9, 2011
was a success!
Prime Clinical
Systems, Inc.
would like to
thank everyone
who attended.
We appreciate
your having
taken the time
to complete our
survey. We will
use your input
to help improve
our next User
Meeting.
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PCS
is on the Certified
Health IT Product
List
The
Certified Health
IT Product List
now includes Prime
Clinical's Patient
Chart Manager
(PCM). As stated
on the website
of the Office
of the National
Coordinator for
Health Information
Technology, "The
Certified HIT
Product List (CHPL)
provides the authoritative,
comprehensive
listing of Complete
EHRs and EHR Modules
that have been
tested and certified
under the Temporary
Certification
Program maintained
by the Office
of the National
Coordinator for
Health IT (ONC).
Each Complete
EHR and EHR Module
[on the list]
has been certified
by an ONC-Authorized
Testing and Certification
Body (ONC-ATCB)
and reported to
ONC. Only the
product versions
that are included
on the CHPL are
certified under
the ONC Temporary
Certification
Program."
The list displays
PCM version 5.5
as a complete
EHR having been
certified by InfoGard.
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PCM
Version 5.5 is
Qualified for
PQRI
 On
December 13, 2010,
CMS released a
report titled
"Qualified
Electronic Health
Record (EHR) Vendors
for the 2011 Physician
Quality Reporting
System and Electronic
Prescribing (eRx)
Incentive Programs"
wherein they listed
the EHR vendors
and their system
and products that
have been "qualified"
to submit quality
data to CMS by
eligible professionals
for the 2011 Physician
Quality Reporting
System program
year. Prime Clinical
Systems, Inc.
is pleased to
announce that
Patient Chart
Manager (PCM),
version 5.5, is
included on the
list released
by CMS as being
a qualified system
and product for
the 2011 Physician
Quality Reporting
System for individual
eligible professionals.
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Intellect
and OnSTAFF 2000
News |
Intellect
Option: Charges
Review
Charge
Review
is
a new feature
designed for clients
who post charge
data in Patient
Chart Manager
or WebSTAFF and
import them into
Intellect. This
option allows
clients to review
the claims on
screen and then
change the responsibility
to either put
the claims on
hold or release
them for billing.
Most clients who
import charges
have the Who column
(responsibility)
set to Y when
imported so they
may review the
claims before
billing. The Charge
Review feature
will let you easily
'Tag' charges
to set the Who
to P1, P2, P3,
etc, or G. If
your office imports
charges with the
Who column set
to P1, you can
'Tag' charges
on which you wish
to Hold
billing by using
Charge Review.
When
charges are imported
to Intellect,
the primary and
secondary insurance
in the charge
record is set
to the P1 and
S1 insurances.
When using the
Charge Review
feature to change
the responsibility
to P2, the primary
and secondary
insurance in the
charge record
will be automatically
changed to the
P2 and S2 insurances.
The
Charge Review
feature is located
on the Charges
menu.
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Prescribing
Controlled Substances
There is not
one EMR or other
e-RX product that
can prescribe
controlled substances
or will do this
in the near future.
In regard to this,
the National Association
of Boards of Pharmacy
(NABP) recently
issued an article
titled "Implementation
of DEA CS e-Prescribing
Rule Prompts Boards
to Offer Licensees
Guidance"
in their December
2010 NABP newsletter.
This article reviews
the rule, offers
guidance, gives
an overview on
State regulations,
and discusses
how the implementation
will impact e-Rx
trends.
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Palmetto
Revised MM6417
The
reporting period
for the 2009 Physician
Quality Reporting
Initiative (PQRI)
has begun. Eligible
professionals
choosing to participate
in the 2009 PQRI
through claims-based
submission of
individual quality
measures should
have started submitting
appropriate 2009
Quality Data Codes
on qualifying
Part B claims
with a date of
service of January
1, 2009 or later.
The revised MM6417
document includes
details of how
the PECOS for
ordering and referring
will apply. There
are two phases.
A portion of the
document covers
how MCAR intermediaries
will look for
the NPI and the
Name of the Physician.
Access the revised
MM6417 document
by clicking
here.
This information
can also be accessed
through PCS's
News website
-- once there,
click on Industry
News,
select Palmetto
Medicare,
and then click
on PECOS
Ordering and Referring
(MM6417 Revised).
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Physicians
and Non-Physician
Practitioners
(NPPs) Excluded
from Deactivation
in Medicare Due
to Inactivity
with Medicare
The
Center for Medicare
& Medicaid
Services (CMS)
instructs Medicare
Contractors to
deactivate the
records of physicians
and NPPs who have
had no activity
in submitting
claims to Medicare
Contractors for
12 consecutive
months.
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Electronic
Billing Changes
from 4010 to 5010
To
accommodate the
new electronic
billing changes
from version 4010
to 5010, Prime
Clinical has already
tested and passed
the first phase
of 5010 testing.
PCS will continue
to test and will
be ready for release
of the 5010 in
the 3rd Quarter
of 2011.
In the following
information, Palmetto
GBA answers some
of the most common
questions about
their version-4010-to-version-5010
update and provides
pertinent links.
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ICD-10
Codes and CMS
Version 5010 Transition
To
avoid submission
delays and a negative
impact on reimbursements,
it is important
to start now to
prepare for the
changeover to
ICD-10 codes.
Clients
will need to purchase
the new ICD-10
codes from the
AMA, or another
reputable source.
The format MUST
BE ASCII.
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CMS
Site Answers MU
Questions
The
Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services'
EHR Incentive
Program Web site
contains
a variety of information
for providers
seeking incentive
payments for meaningful
use of electronic
health records.
Among the features
is a Frequently
Asked Questions
page that as of
mid-November had
answers to 106
questions.
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more>>
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Saturday
Evening Post |
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January/February
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