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The advent in technologies has brought about many complications for practices such as declining insurance reimbursements, increasing operational and administrative costs. Increasingly detailed and ambiguous systems of payments and compliance related needs  have made it tough to handle business practices without having an effect on care quality. The results of such complications lead to losses in revenues, cash flow reductions, higher costs of operations, unnecessary and unproductive time spent on administrative and clerical issues etc. For practices and care providers, the main issue to tackle is to ensure that all providers completely document their activities and professional services according to the coding standards because for medical billing, coding defines the effectiveness of billing operations. The first thing to do is to assess your practice by asking questions about the process of billing and future plans. Providers should ask themselves if the account rece

After thorough research, when you have decided to shift to Electronic Medical Records, you will have to go through a series of steps to make sure that your EMR solution will enhance and maximize returns and lead to better care quality, efficiency in your workflows, higher staff productivity and an increase in profitability. You will have to be a little patient as this process will not be completed within a week. It may take you one to three months (depending on the vendor) to actually start the implementation, getting through with data migration, trainings and determining the best suited workflow and system for your practice. In order to ensure optimum efficiency, you need to identify the causes for your transition from paper to electronic. This can be easily done by listing down the main reasons that compelled you to opt for an Electronic Medical Record solution. After listing down the reasons, you need to make a note of the main problems you had with your previous

Many care providers are reluctant to pursue the implementation of EMR because they believe that an investment in the solution does not justify the returns. With the advent in technologies leading to innovative software solutions, there is a high number of healthcare IT vendors selling a diverse variety of EMRs . There are free Electronic Medical Records available in the market as well,  but with anything cheap or of no cost, there is a hidden price to pay.  Free EMR have limited functionalists compared to vendors who charge a price for their products – products that have been produced with the help of cutting-edge research. Essentially, a free EMR has limited features, minimal customizability options, most like ad-supported which can be distracting and quite a nuisance, usually lacking the capability of being specialty specific, limited and minimal training and support, no practice management software and no clinical decision support.  On the other hand, EMRs which