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Eliminate
Costly Server Maintenance!
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Cloud
Computing is Here!
 Improved
efficiency &
profitability,
made easy!
Prime
Clinical Systems
now offers a Cloud
solution for HOSTING
your software
- or - monthly
SUBSCRIPTION Service.
If you have been
considering the
option of Server
Hosting to eliminate
costly server
maintenance, you
may wish to attend
our webinar on
CLOUD COMPUTING.
To
learn more, please
email Cloud@primeclinical.com.
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Have
You Registered?
Our
upcoming User
Meetings will
be held Wednesday,
September
12,
and Thursday,
September
13,
in Glendale, California.
The same content
will be covered
both days. Guest
speakers will
include Palmetto
GBA, OptumInsight,
and Gateway EDI.
To register, please
click on the day
of your choice:
Wednesday,
September 12
Thursday,
September 13
If
you have questions,
you may email
Marty Beteta at
marty@primeclinical.com,
or call 626-449-1705,
ext. 222.
Save $30/person
by registering
prior to August
15th!
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Client
E-mail Notices
Periodically
we send e-mails
to our clients
with relevant
information. It
is to your advantage
to read these
e-mails and incorporate
the information
as necessary.
To view the e-mails
sent since the
last newsletter,
click here.
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Website
Additions
The
following documents
were added to
our website since
our last newsletter:
CMS
- ICD10 Website
CMS
- Medicare/Medicaid
EHR Incentive
Programs
Additionally,
in Answers
to FAQs under
the heading SEND
MEDICARE IN ANSI
5010, an error
message and solution
was added.
These
documents may
be accessed from
our website by
logging-in, and
clicking on the
[Newsletters
& Email Notices]
button.
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PCM
& Intellect
Daily
Training Forum
Prime
Clinical is excited
to introduce a
PCM & Intellect
Daily Training
Forum! This daily
forum is to assist
you, our clients,
on quick training
questions in both
PCM and Intellect.
Clients need only
to register one
time and then
may access the
forum daily with
the same access
code. This is
a great tool to
get answers quickly
and proceed with
the rest of your
day! To register,
click here.
To accommodate
your busy schedules,
the daily forum
is offered as
follows:
Mondays
and Tuesdays
2:30 p.m.
- 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays
11:00 a.m.
- 1:00 p.m. Thursdays
10:00 a.m.
- 12:00 p.m. Fridays
11:00 a.m.
- 1:00 p.m.
All
times are PST.
Also
please note, PCM
Meaningful Use
workshops are
now only offered
on Mondays. To
register for the
next Meaningful
Use workshop,
click here.
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2
New Intellect
Workshops!
Beginning the third
week of August,
Prime Clinical
now offers two
new Intellect
workshops:
Collections
& Follow Up
Workshop
Offered
every third Tuesday,
this workshop
will cover the
collection/follow
up tools in Intellect
which include
the Collection
Ledger, Collection
Report, Create/Review
Collection File,
and Follow Up
Letters.
Click
here
to register for
the August 21,
2012 workshop,
or, go to our
website and register
for an alternate
date.
Electronic Billing
Reports Workshop
Offered
every fourth Tuesday,
this workshop
will cover the
reports generated
when claims are
submitted electronically,
including the
OnSTAFF Electronic
Billing Report,
999 Report, 277CA
(Acknowledgement)
Report, and how
to view the reports
on-screen.
Click
here
to register for
the August 28,
2012 workshop,
or, go to our
website and register
for an alternate
date.
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Questions
Answered!
Have
you been using
Intellect for
a long time and
wish you knew
more about the
new features?
Do you have new
employees who
need training?
Are there features
you would like
to implement?
Our
Recorded &
Hosted Workshops
have the answers!
Read
more>>
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Recent
PCM Additions
& Updates
Check out some
of the additions
in our recent
versions! Some
of the updates
include the signature
stamp, filing
inbox, updates
related to faxing,
new document auto-fill
options, and activating/inactivating
a patient's current
pharmacy.
Read
more>>
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Prohibit
Overbooking by
Multiple Operators
As of version 9.12.32,
a new PENDING
feature prohibits
multiple operators
from overbooking
an appointment
time slot.
Read
more>>
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Bill
Unpaid Co-Pays
If
patients have
co-pays but do
not pay them at
the time of their
appointment, as
of version 9.12.32,
it is possible
to include unpaid
co-pays on billing
statements using
the new Bill
Copay
option on the
Charges--►Charge
screen.
Read
more>>
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How
Current is Your
Software?
Since our last
newsletter, there
have been four
Intellect software
releases:
9.12.31
released May 29,
2012
9.12.32
released June
22, 2012
9.12.33
released June
26, 2012
9.12.34
released July
26, 2012
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Where
Do You Start With
ICD-10?
We
know that ICD-9
is being phased-out.
We know that ICD-10
codes are several
characters longer
for greater specificity
and to accommodate
additional information.
We also know that
there are a number
of perks for ICD-10
codes; i.e., better
tracking, uses
current terminology,
is consistent
with current medial
practice, is more
specific, etc.
But, do you know
how to start implementing
ICD-10?
Read
more>>
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HIMSS
Releases Online
Tool To Gauge
Financial Risks
of ICD-10 Shift
The
Healthcare Information
and Management
Systems Society
has released an
online tool designed
to help health
care providers
evaluate the financial
risks related
to transitioning
to ICD-10 code
sets, NextGov
reports (Pulley,
NextGov, 7/2).
Read
more>>
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Do
You Have Questions
on
EHR Incentive Programs?
The
Medicare and Medicaid
EHR Incentive
Programs will
provide incentive
payments to eligible
professionals,
eligible hospitals,
and critical access
hospitals (CAHs)
as they adopt,
implement, upgrade,
or demonstrate
meaningful use
of certified EHR
technology.
To
keep up-to-date
with deadlines,
and get additional
information and
help, go to CMS'
Official Web Site
for the Medicare
and Medicaid Electronic
Health Records
(EHR) Incentive
Programs by clicking
here.
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Bill
Would Extend EHR
Incentive Pay
to Behavioral Care
Providers
Health
Data Management
reports
that House lawmakers
have introduced
bipartisan legislation
(HB 6043) which
would allow behavioral
health care providers
to qualify for
meaningful use
incentive payments.
Under
the 2009 economic
stimulus package,
health care providers
who demonstrate
meaningful use
of certified electronic
health record
systems can
qualify for incentive
payments through
Medicaid and Medicare.
Read
more>>
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Health
Information Technology
Trends
for 2012
Which
tech tools are
must-haves? To
help provide some
guidance, [Physicians
Practice] compiled
a list of the
biggest tech trends
occurring in health
care right now,
and asked health
care technology
experts and physicians
to weigh in with
their thoughts
and their recommendations.
Read
more>>
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Study:
HIE Participation
Financially Beneficial
to Providers,
Payers
Participating
in health information
exchanges can
have financial
benefits for both
payers and health
care providers,
according to a
study published
in the Journal
of the American
Medical Informatics
Association, FierceEMR
reports.
For
the study, University
of Wisconsin-Madison
researchers analyzed
4,639 emergency
department encounters
at three large
Milwaukee facilities
over a one-year
period to determine
the benefits of
patients' health
data access through
an HIE.
Read
more>>
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New
Employees
Northern
California
Jenny
Belkin
is very excited
about joining
the Prime Clinical
family. She has
over 20 years
in practice management
experience and
has utilized different
software throughout
this time. Her
background will
help with the
transition for
practices that
are currently
implementing EMR
and she is very
familiar with
both Intellect
and PCM. She is
looking forward
to her new endeavor
and can't wait
to get up and
running.
Southern
California
Anne
Marie Chua,
our new Hardware
Coordinator, has
the motto, "Excellence
is a way of life".
Her motto resounds
in her professional
and personal relationships,
and has fostered
a rich account
of experience
in retail, publishing,
automotive, sales,
telecom and most
of all, customer
service.
Prime
Clinical also
welcomes two new
PCM trainers:
Brandy Mason and
Ivon Perez.
Brandy
Mason
received
her IT training
from the US Air
Force, where she
served from 1996-2004.
After that, she
worked as a medical
transcriptionist,
and then at City
of Hope as a secretary
for the Cytogenetics
laboratory. She
is a Certified
Nurse Assistant.
Ivon
Perez
has
been in the medical
field since 1994.
In addition to
having an AS in
Nursing and a
BS in Health Care
Administration,
Ivon is also a
Registered Emergency
Technician P1,
Certified Medical
Assistant, HIPAA/OSHA
Certified Administrator,
is EMR & EHR
Certified, is
a CPR Instructor
for the American
Heart Association,
and has obtained
her teaching credentials
through the NCCT.
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Saturday
Evening Post
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Since
we began in 1983,
Prime Clinical
Systems has never
looked back as
a company. Thriving
with the most
energetic and
knowledgeable
employees, Prime
Clinical continues
to help practices
achieve their
goals of eliminating
their paper charts
and accomplishing
quality and accuracy
in patient care.
We take great
pride in the excellence
that we stand
for as a company
and celebrate
our achievements
every day.
 'Complete
EHR'
Certification:
Prime
Clinical has kept
our commitment
to our clients
by using the latest
technology and
being among the
best in the industry.
We are pleased
to announce that
our integrated
Ambulatory Electronic
Health Records
(EHR)
system, Patient
Chart Manager
V.5.5 has been
awarded an ONC-ATCB
"Complete
EHR Certification"
by infoGARD, December
2010. Our certification
number is: IG-2402-10-0011.
This Ambulatory
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
(HHS) or guarantee
the receipt of
incentive payments.
 Features
Include:
•
EHR
•
Practice Management
•
Electronic Billing
•
Eligibility Verification
•
Claim Scrubbing
•
Patient Portal
•
E-Prescribe
•
HL7
•
DICOM
•
Compatible with
Voice Recognition
Software
•
CallSTAFF (Built-In
Appointment Notification
Feature)
•
Text Message and
Email
•
Appointment Reminders
•
Automated Patient
Recall System
Prime
Clinical Systems,
Inc.
3675
E. Huntington
Drive, Suite A
Pasadena,
CA 91107
(626)
449-1705
www.primeclinical.com
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