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Assuming that you want to avoid making some disastrous, costly, and common mistakes, hiring the right medical practice management consultant can be an extremely wise choice. EMR Consulting Solutions can guide you to implement your EMR/EHR, address administrative and governmental compliance mandates up-front rather than later.
EMR Consulting Solutions staff will guide you in the selection of the right application for your practice and assist you in qualifying for the Economic Stimulus Package under the HITECH Act of 2009. We will also work with whichever EHR you have selected.
Our EMR Consulting Solutions team's vast knowledge and experience in EMR software, clinic administration, health information technology and clinic compliance mandates provides an integrated end result. We will ensure that your EHR system is customized and integrated with your other clinic systems for maximum utilization.
EMR implementation requires specific HIT to operate effectively, a certified EMR to comply with meaningful use and continual management of administrative and governmental mandates. EHR implementation requires:
EMR Consulting Solutions' affiliation with Health Endeavors provides our clients with web-based technology for administrative and governmental compliance solutions. We offer the following products and services individually and/or in a combined collection
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Addressing these 3 interrelated areas at the same time as your EHR implementation will integrate your administrative and compliance activities.
A business associate is a person or organization that performs a function or activity on behalf of a "covered entity." A covered entity Companies such as billing and software vendors are not considered covered entities under HIPAA; however, many of these companies have a business relationship with covered entities and may be considered their business associates.
For example, vendors may provide claims processing functions, practice management, or billing software services for a covered entity. Because they also have access to Protected Health Information (PHI), business associates must agree to the privacy and security requirements of HIPAA.
The business associate agreement is used to describe the business associate's responsibilities for protecting the privacy and security of PHI. Even though covered entities are already required to comply with all HIPAA privacy and security requirements, if they are business associates they still must have a business associate agreement between them.
EMR Consulting Solutions offers a HIPAA Risk Management Solution that can be downloaded from our Resource Page. The Business Associate Agreement and BA Checklist in the package was developed by an attorney specializing in health law. The BA was modeled after the provisions outlined by the Federal government.
Through our web-based training modules, your staff can access generic policies and procedures, and customize them to develop implementation plans. These structured programs enable a practice to meet administrative and governmental compliance mandates promptly and in a cost effective manner.
We can assist you whether you are an existing clinic that has made the decision to implement an EHR, or are an existing clinic with a stalled EHR, or if you are opening a new medical practice.
We encourage you to review the information provided by HealthIT.gov on the steps for implementing an EHR. Your understanding of the EHR implementation process will help your transition to EHR with a minimum of disruptions and a shorter implementation timeline.
Contact us for a demonstration on our web-based modules on our administration and compliance subscription service to learn how your clinic can comply with Medicare and other governmental mandates.
EMR/EHR Links:
Implementing your EMR
Start your transition to EHRs
EHR Implementation FAQs Health information Privacy
HIPPA Electronic Transactions & Code Sets (PDF)
