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Did you know? The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering several Accountable Care Organization (ACO) programs. They include:        Medicare Shared Savings Program  – For fee-for-service beneficiaries         Advance Payment ACO Model  – For certain eligible providers already in or interested in the Medicare Shared Savings Program        Pioneer ACO Model  – Health care organizations and providers already experienced in coordinating care for patients across care settings Are you participating in any of the Accountable care organization models offered by the CMS? If not, then you should start as soon as possible because it will help you bring down the cost of care delivered and improve the quality. Learn how you can benefit being an ACO with CureMD.

Switching practice management systems can be cumbersome and result in many issues if not implemented properly. Overseeing the entire implementation process in order to ensure a smooth transition is important. Here are a few tips. Keep notes It is important you keep a track of why you are purchasing the new system. List all important functionalities required during implementation and what you may require in the future. This will help in keeping a track of immediate items, task deadlines and items requiring investigation. Make sure you update your list continually in order to stay ahead of your deadlines. During implementation of a practice management system, routines can become hectic and forgetting important tasks becomes easy. Stay updated It is important you subscribe to newsletters and/or regular updates from your practice management vendor. These work as a good resource in keeping you informed of everything that is happening at your vendor’s end and what you can...

Patient portals are hot in demand these days. Almost every EMR vendor is offering this facility along with their product as physicians look to meet advanced regulatory requirements and improve patient engagement. But patients are not the only beneficiary of these portals. Physicians are also benefiting as they are improving their workflows and practice efficiencies. A complete, All-in-One solution for providers which offers patient portals is CureMD EMR. Click here to learn more about it. Let’s take a look at how patient portals are beneficial for physicians: 1.        Patient satisfaction: One of the most important aspects for physicians these days is to ensure complete patient satisfaction and engagement. They are doing that by using systems which are capable of offering patient portals and helping them improve delivery of coordinated care.    2.        Reduced hassle: Not only the patients...

To ensure security of patient data, a practice needs to make sure that its health IT system is working smoothly. The EHR system of the practice should be HIPAA and HITECH compliant. It will prove that the practice is following up with the standards set by the government. There are administrative, physical and technical safeguards that the practice can take for the protection of PHI. Let’s look into some of them. Administrative safeguard: It refers to the steps and procedures made by your practice to guard and secure patient information. The administrative safeguards in the HIPAA Privacy Rule :            Relevant information systems should be identified            Risk assessment reports should be conducted      Risk management program should be implemented   The data of patients going through the treatment of HIV/AIDS needs to be especially safeguarded when assessing the ris...