<strong>Higher Unemployment and Greater Numbers of Uninsured Mean Healthcare Providers Must Find Better Ways to Avoid Bad Debt and Ensure Adequate Cash Flow</strong> <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/dealing-with-the-growing-shift-to-patient-payments/#more-1116" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Dealing with the Growing Shift to Patient Payments">(more…)</span></a>
Times are tough. Insurance carriers are reducing reimbursements. Patients are struggling to make their co-pays on time — or at all. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/revenue-cycle-management-seminar-in-chicago-april-7th/#more-1113" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Revenue Cycle Management Seminar in Chicago April 7th">(more…)</span></a>
Understand the benefits of data vaulting versus traditional tape backups for your medical practice. Join us for a webinar on 3/25/09 at 10am EST and/or follow the content on Twitter.com/HarmonyHIT. Registration information (dial-in and login) is available by calling Tricia at 800-781-1044.
Although our company provides a vast array of technical and telecommunication services to a variety of health care organizations, we have seen a steady influx — over the last year — of Medical Manager by Sage software users who are seeking alternative training, support and clearinghouse solutions. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/medical-manager-training-and-support/#more-1108" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Medical Manager Training and Support">(more…)</span></a>
As reported in the Health IT Strategist, HHS announced yesterday that it will go ahead with the Bush administration’s plan to push back compliance with a rule calling for updating Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/icd-10-implementation-deadline/#more-1105" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading ICD-10 Implementation Deadline">(more…)</span></a>
In sharp contrast to advice from Stephen Lieber, president and CEO of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), that <a title="HHIT Blog on emr rollout for stimulus" href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/blog/2009/02/19/stimulus-demands-quick-rollout-of-emr/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">now is the time to begin planning the roll out of electronic health records</a>; <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/mgma-ceo-advises-to-take-it-slow-on-stimulus/#more-1103" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading MGMA CEO Advises to Take It Slow on Stimulus">(more…)</span></a>
As you re-define the information technology strategy for your healthcare organization, you may find the HIMSS Summary of Key Health Information Technology Provisions of The Merical Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 particularly useful. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/himss-it-provision-summary-of-american-recovery-and-reinvestment-act/#more-1100" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading HIMSS IT Provision Summary of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act">(more…)</span></a>
Frustrated with the clearinghouse managing your claims submitted through The Medical Manager(r) software? There is an alternative. Many of the medical practices that we support using Medical Manager have switched over to ZirMed for claims submission, eligibility, electronic remittance advice, and more. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/zirmed-for-edi-with-the-medical-managerr-software/#more-1097" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading ZirMed for EDI with The Medical Manager(r) software">(more…)</span></a>
According to the Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Network Rapid Update dated 02-13-09, if claims are submitted electronically with legacy identification numbers — even if they also include the National Provider Identifier (NPI) <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/legacy-identifiers-no-longer-accepted-by-anthem-bcbs/#more-1095" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Legacy Identifiers No Longer Accepted by Anthem BCBS">(more…)</span></a>