In an article from <a title="Amednews Twitter Article" href="http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2009/06/29/bisa0629.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">American Medical News</a>, it is reported that physicians using Twitter as a social media tool are finding success in promoting their practice and communicating with colleagues. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/physicians-use-twitter-to-promote-their-practice-and-communicate-with-colleagues/#more-1150" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Physicians use Twitter to Promote their Practice and Communicate with Colleagues">(more…)</span></a>
Watch out for fax requests from Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs). The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has become aware of a scam where perpetrators are sending faxes to physician offices posing as the Medicare carrier or Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC). <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/mac-fax-scam-alert/#more-1144" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading MAC Fax Scam Alert">(more…)</span></a>
You can make a difference! As a provider and future user of electronic health record (EHR) technology, you have an opportunity to comment on what you think “meaningful use” of an EHR should mean. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/comment-opportunities-on-meaningful-use-for-ehr/#more-1142" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Comment Opportunities on “Meaningful Use” for EHR">(more…)</span></a>
<span class="style6">As users of The Medical Manager (r) practice management system evaluate electronic medical records (EMR), they may consider replacing it with a fully integrated EMR and billing system.</span> <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/medical-manager-hl7-interface-to-emr/#more-1136" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Medical Manager HL7 Interface to EMR">(more…)</span></a>
Just saw a link to this very clever video on a healthcare IT blog that I read daily called <a title="HISTalk Blog" href="http://histalk2.com/2009/05/14/news-51509/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">HISTalk</a> (which I highly recommend as THE industry news feed for health IT). <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/hitech-an-interoperetta-in-three-acts/#more-1134" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading HITECH: An Interoperetta in Three Acts">(more…)</span></a>
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) indicates that physicians providing services to patients without requiring payment in full at time of service may need to comply with the new “Red Flag Rules” on May 1. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/red-flag-rule-affects-health-care-providers-may-1/#more-1121" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Red Flag Rule Affects Health Care Providers May 1">(more…)</span></a>
<span id="ctl00_cphContentMainFrame_lblDescription">Nancy-Ann DeParle, the White House Director of the Office of Health Reform, met with representatives of healthcare companies & community organizations. They discussed health care issues as part of the Obama Administration’s ongoing effort towards health care reform.</span> <span id="ctl00_cphContentMainFrame_lblLocation" class="gray"><a title="C-SPAN Video on Health Care Reform" href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?285170-1/white-house-health-care-reform-meeting" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Go here to watch the C-SPAN video</a> taped from Washington, DC</span><span id="ctl00_cphContentMainFrame_lblLength" class="gray"> : 2 hr. 5 min.</span>
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>