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Here at NeKY RHIO we try to stay brand neutral as much as possible, but it is nearly impossible to avoid Microsoft. That’s why licensing is so important for small and medium sized businesses. Licensing is a term many people recognize but probably don’t understand the intricacies and how it might be affecting your organization.Read about Microsoft Licensing and You

CMS announces slower pace for 2017 requirements. In case you haven’t heard, a large piece of legislation has been proposed that moves Medicare reimbursement slightly away from fee-for-service and towards a value-based model. Through this model, providers will be required to submit quality data to CMS for a negative or positive payment adjustment based uponRead about Changes to MACRA…already!

With the growing number of changes in the healthcare system, managing a medical practice can be challenging, to say the least. The last thing physicians and their staff need is to be searching for the best prices on vaccines and supplies. That’s why physicians are turning to Group Purchasing Organizations like that offered by NeKYRead about Why The NeKY RHIO GPO Works

Many healthcare providers are performing daily counseling for their patients that are using tobacco. By providing the proper documentation and ensuring coverage criteria prior to the submission might just improve your chances for reimbursement. In 2010 the CDC conducted a study that showed seven out of 10 adult smokers wished to quit tobacco use. Unfortunately,Read about Proper Documentation To Ensure You’re Getting Paid For Smoking Cessation

A few weeks ago, we spoke about Workstation Usage and how it relates to the Physical Safeguards section of HIPAA’s Security Rule. This week, we will cover Workstation Security, (Standard §164.310(b)), taking on the more literal aspects of physical safeguards. An important note for both of these sections of the ruling, no actual implementation specificsRead about Under Lock and Key — HIPAA Security, Physical Safeguard (Part III)

Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) has become a very well known model in Primary Care today. However, practice teams are faced with caring for complex patients and the need to communicate with other care team members on a regular basis. Team Huddles are an essential part for a busy practice to prepare PCPs and practice staffRead about PCMH 2014 Team Huddles — Are They Working?

There has been a lot of talk in recent years about moving everything from email and websites to databases and desktops to “the cloud.” Much of this conversation has been heavily biased one way or the other. I’ve seen many accounts of moving to the cloud being the best thing that ever happened to aRead about What Do We Think About Moving to The Cloud (Hosted EHR)?

The NeKY RHIO GPO is growing and getting attention from some of the BIG companies associated with our GPO through MedAssets. As most of you know, we have been approached by Henry Schein, Inc. to become exclusive for ALL of our medical supply needs including pharmaceuticals. Schein is offering a flat 25% discount on allRead about The NeKY RHIO GPO: Together We Are Stronger

The basic coding guidelines state that if the diagnosis is noted as “probable” or any other term that means a diagnosis has not been established, then you are not to report the code for the suspected condition. However, you may report codes for any symptoms, signs, or test results. Most of these codes for ICD-10 areRead about ICD-10 and the Undiagnosed Problem

By: Julie Stephens, Project Director Comprehensive Health Assessment is a systematic, deliberative and interactive process by which healthcare professionals use critical and evidence-based thinking to collect, validate, analyze and synthesize the collected information in order to make judgments about the health status and life processes of individuals, families and communities. In order to have aRead about PCMH: Comprehensive Health Assessment