| Medical Billing technology has witnessed
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| | medFORCE, medHost, MediSys, Nexplicit,
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| continued expansion during the first two
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| | Nicka & Associates, Nightingale On-Board
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| months of this summer, as evidenced by
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| | Communications, PatientKeeper, Quantum
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| press releases about some ninety products
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| | Group, RXHub, Scandent, Streamline
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| accumulated in BillingWiki. A practice
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| | Health. Electronic Charge Capture:
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| manager may find it difficult to select
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| | MedAptus Electronic Data Interchange
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| the best product from such a large
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| | (EDI): The ability to access one single
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| product variety. This article roughly
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| | source of continuously updated claims
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| tabulates some eighty-five press releases
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| | tracking data to perform real-time status
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| about medical billing technology products
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| | checks directly from local PCs instead of
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| and/or vendors across two-dozen service
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| | spending hours on the phone calling one
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| categories. Asset Life Cycle Management:
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| | insurer after another to track down the
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| Products that help healthcare
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| | status of submitted claims. See MicroSys.
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| organizations optimize the performance of
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| | E-learning: AlphaQuest, Care2Learn
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| their capital assets, uncover hidden
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| | Enhanced website: CAP-MPT, Companion
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| expenses, gain more visibility and
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| | Technologies, Patientrak Factoring:
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| control over their asset and facility
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| | Factoring provides healthcare
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| operations, and improve safety. Such
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| | professionals with automated electronic
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| systems also serve as repositories for
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| | insurance claims management solutions and
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| hazards, alerts and recalls facilitating
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| | advance funding on medical claims, as
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| a closed-loop process that documents the
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| | submitted, through a revolving line of
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| hospital's course of notifications and
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| | credit. See MDWerks Integration:
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| corrective action. See St. Croix and
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| | Products that expedite revenue cycle by
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| LYNX.Audit and Compliance: Products
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| | integrating office management functions,
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| that help providers and payers to manage
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| | which in the past used to be performed
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| compliance by facilitating internal
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| | separately. Integration eliminates data
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| audits and planning external audits
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| | entry repetition, reduces errors and
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| respectively. Such systems assist an
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| | costs, and streamlines revenue cycle. See
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| auditor to spot errors, omissions, fraud,
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| | press releases about four integration
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| and abuse. Solutions span spectrum from
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| | aspects outlined below.
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| basic audit reporting to complete
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| automation of the audit process by using
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| | Billing and Coding: ChartLogic
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| data mining, natural language processing,
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| | Billing and EMR: Affinity Billing,
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| and statistical methods to produce a
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| | MediEMR, Siemens, NextGen, athenahealth.
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| random sample of medical records, data
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| | Billing and Compliance: Billing
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| scoring, and potential revenue loss
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| | Precision.
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| estimate.
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| | Billing and Imaging: IMPAC, AMICAS,
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| | Fujitsu, MedLink. New clients:
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| Claim Audit: A-Life, CodeRyte
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| | Ingenious Med For, Lumetra, Misys,
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| EFT Audit: GlobalSCAPE
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| | Per-Se, MediSys, Craneware, PaperFree,
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| HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance:
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| | athenahealth, Picis, MicroMD, intraNexus,
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| MedicalSuiteCertification and Awards:
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| | Visionary Medical Systems, AllScripts,
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| | LUMEDX, Streamline Health, LYNX,
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| Best in KLAS: KLAS is a leading
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| | Sullivan Group, PHNS, Streamline Health,
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| source of information on Healthcare
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| | ECDS, McKessonNew billing products and
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| Information Technology vendor
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| | services: Automed, HealthWare, JP
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| performance, with information gathered
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| | Morgan, Physmark-Transplant, LabDAQ
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| from users at more than 4,500 healthcare
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| | Online Supply Store: Antek HealthWare
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| facilities nationwide. Performance data
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| | Patient Payment Ability Verification:
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| collected from 300 Healthcare Information
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| | Offers predictive reporting functionality
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| Technology vendors and 500 of their
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| | to determine a patient's ability to pay
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| products is evaluated and made available
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| | for services and verify a patient's
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| to subscribers through the KLAS website
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| | billing address in real time. See Per-Se.
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| as well as through periodic reports and
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| | Payer-side automation: See Guidewire
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| custom research. See press releases about
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| | ClaimCenter, XPERT Connect. Personal
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| VantageMed and athenahealth.
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| | Health Record Smart Card: Patients and
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| CCHIT Certification: The CCHIT
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| | health care providers can access medical
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| Certified mark - a "seal of approval" for
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| | health records, and send and save their
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| EHR products - provides the first
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| | most vital personal medical information
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| consensus-based, consistent benchmark for
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| | instantly using the Internet or multiple
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| ambulatory products. See LSS Data
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| | devices, such as smart cards, USB keys,
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| Systems and Misys.
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| | mobile phones, PDA's and Tablet PC's. See
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| DOQ-IT Testing: CMS, an agency of
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| | Patientrak. Telemedicine: eNotes.Yuval
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| the U.S. Department of Health and Human
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| | Lirov, PhD, author of "Mission Critical
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| Services, established the DOQ-IT
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| | Systems Management" (Prentice Hall) ,
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| initiative program to encourage
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| | inventor of multiple patents in
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| physicians to adopt EHRs and, in turn,
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| | artificial intelligence and computer
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| improve the quality, safety and
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| | security, and CEO of Billing
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| efficiency of health care. In order to
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| | Technologies. Vericle delivers
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| gain official DOQ-IT recognition, vendors
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| | comprehensive practice workflow engine
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| must meet all 35 DOQ-IT reporting
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| | that integrates patient scheduling,
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| requirements. See Misys Deals: This
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| | electronic medical records (EMR),
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| category shows business development
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| | billing, transcription, and compliance
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| activity based on leveraging reciprocal
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| | management. By consolidating technology
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| client relationships and complementary
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| | for hundreds of separate billing
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| product capabilities. See A-Life,
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| | services, Vericle(R) tracks payer
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| Affinity Billing, athenahealth,
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| | performance from a single point of
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| eClinicalWorks, Eclipsys, GE Centricity,
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| | control, shares compliance rules
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| H-Quotient, Healthnostics, IngeniousMed,
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| | globally, and creates massive economies
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| JPI Data Resource, LEAPpm, Massachusetts
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| | of scale.
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| Medical Society, MedLink, Misys,
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