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Congress prepares to raid flu shot trust fund News The Washington Examiner by: Paul Bedard Tuesday, January 8, 2013
The new flu shot has a 40 percent failure rate, according to reports, but that's not stopping Uncle Sam from slapping a tax on it.
Legislation is moving through Congress to impose a 75-cent tax on new seasonal flu vaccines, as the government already does on existing vaccines. The tax money is used to fund the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund which covers vaccine-related injury or death claims for covered vaccines. ... The website Speak With Authority noted that the fund has about $3.5 billion in it, but it's paid out only $2.5 billion in the last 25 years.
Says the site: "Although the taxes raised by the vaccine tax go into a 'Trust Fund,' this trust fund, like most government trust funds, is on paper only. ... The $3.5 billion balance, of course, is 'invested' in 'US Treasury Securities.' In other words, financing a portion of the $16.5 trillion national debt."
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
Focused on EHR technologies, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) includes over $60B, designed to stimulate health care IT (HIT) adoption by the medical community over the next few years. On July 13, 2010, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final rule on the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs under Medicare and Medicaid. According to the Act, Physicians are eligible to receive up to $44,000 in total incentives per physician from Medicare for “meaningful use” of a certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) starting in 2011. Eligible Professionals reimbursed by Medicaid can receive up to $63,750 starting in 2011 for meaningful use of a certified EHR. Find out how AdvancedMD certified EHR can help you obtain maximum stimulus dollars.
Economic Incentives, The Stimulus Plan & AdvancedMD EHR
With unprecedented incentives of up to $44,000 for Medicare eligible Physicians and up to $63,750 for Medicaid Eligible Professionals implementing electronic health records (EHR), there is a lot of interest on behalf of medical practices to learn more about the 2009 Stimulus Plan and how they can benefit from it. Therefore, we have created this site as an information center covering some of the most commonly asked questions on the final rule and the EHR Incentive Programs.
General Stimulus Overview
What is the Economic Stimulus Plan? What are the Different EHR Meaningful Use Incentive Options? Can I Receive EHR Incentives from Medicare & Medicaid Programs? Are EHR Incentives Calculated by Physician or Office? Does a Provider need to use an EHR for all of 2011 in order to qualify for 2011 Incentives? How Long and When does a Provider have to Prove EHR Meaningful Use to Earn the Incentives? EHR Meaningful Use >< EHR Template Library
To the best of our knowledge, this information is accurate as of this writing. As more information becomes available from HHS and other agencies, this page will be updated. Please check the HHS site regularly.
Electronic Health Records EHR Features EMR vs EHR Physician Dashboard Patient Encounter EHR & Billing Automation Document & Image Management HealthWatcher Interoperability Online Patient Portal Remote Access Specialty Templates EHR Template Library EHR Stimulus Incentives Meaningful Use ONC-ATCB Certification
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Finally, EHR software that is designed for workflow efficiency and operational control. Completely customizable patient encounter to complement the work style and clinical approach of every physician in your practice.
EHR Designed for Greater Flexibility & Convenience
Because AdvancedMD computerized Health Records (EHR) software is web-based, the management of all health records is much more convenient and secure. Providers are able to use any Windows-based laptop, desktop, or tablet PC to chart the encounter electronically. Three convenient features of the AdvancedMD computerized health records EHR solution include:
Single Sign-on to the EHR and PM. Enables consistent, real-time clinical workflow among providers, clinicians, billing clerks and office managers. Unified EHR Messaging. Eliminate sticky notes, phone tag, and yelling down the hall with the AdvancedMD EHR messaging service. Computerized task management makes everyone more productive and improves the patient experience because your staff stays well informed. Patient Portal. Offer patients the convenience of electronic communications with staff, clinicians, and providers. They can view statements, make an online payment, view their clinical summary of care from a prior visit, and access patient education materials. Interactive EHR eNote Library Gets You Charting Faster The visual layout of the tools you use to document the assessment, education and care you provide your patients can make or break your staff's acceptance of your computerized EHR software. Our content and workflow experts have researched and worked directly with physicians in your specialty to provide the content available to your within the computerized ADP AdvancedMD EHR health records template library. Browse, review, and import visit note and sub-note templates to your EHR system at your convenience, at any time.
Integrated Fax for 100% Paperless Freedom
Manage information faster and more securely by converting your fax process to paperless. No longer print information on paper and manually fax. The fax dashboard gives you a single, interactive experience where you can manage multi-pages and file formats into a single outbound fax. You can route inbound pages to folders in the practice management or patient charts as to external sources. A comprehensive audit log monitors all fax activity in your practice.
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Electronic Health Record Management Made Easy
Computerized and designed to maximize physician workflow efficiency, AdvancedMD EHR provides a suite of clinical encounter documentation tools at the point of care. You can collect information in the computerized health record and customize how information is used and shared in a manner specific to your practice and specialty. While charting on a patient, you can configure the note templates on the fly and then continue use that template for future patient encounters.
Because clinical content is maintained in a "shared" computerized system, template data can be shared through the Clinical Content Library and between peers. Hundreds of computerized clinical EHR templates, created and used by physicians, are available in AdvancedMD EHR specialty-based content library. Your setup and deployment are intuitive and customized based on practice workflow allowing you to get started quickly. The speed of EHR setup and ease of use directly contribute to AdvancedMD’s adoption at the point of care.
Simple & Editable Computerized EHR Document Templates
AdvancedMD offers dynamic tools and functionality allowing you to make changes to the EHR easily and quickly on your own. There is no need for a technical/programming background or a support call. As your practice evolves, our computerized EHR solution grows with you, supporting your ongoing health records management needs and requirements.
EHR & Billing Automation
Our computerized health records offering combines complete EHR functionality with the front and back office Practice Management tools into a single suite for smooth workflow across all areas of your office. This EHR+PM bundle creates a complete suite of clinical and financial solutions to improve workflow and revenue capture. As an integrated computerized health records solution, our EHR software increases the quality of care, improves practice productivity, and facilitates adherence to compliance guidelines.
EHR Document Management: Core Requirement for Any Practice
Our computerized health records features are designed for a wide variety of needs and applications. We understand that there is no “one size fits all” EHR product. As a result, we’ve designed our computerized EHR offering with a high degree of flexibility and customization to benefit your health records needs – whether you are a solo physician or running a multi-physician or specialty clinic. Management of EHR documents such as patient-supplied records, referral letters, consult notes, and images and files has never been easier!
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
HealthWatcher automates sending those easy-to-forget reminders to your patients with medical advice and health care best practices
Providing sound health maintenance means including a full array of counseling, screening, and other preventive services designed to minimize the risk of premature sickness and death and to assure optimal physical, mental, and emotional health throughout the natural lifecycle. Today's leading EHR systems offer a wide variety of electronic health record (eHealth or EHR) features to optimize workflow and patient safety. For example, screening tests and physician counseling are important tools for identifying common yet potentially serious injuries, illnesses and diseases that can be prevented or cured with early intervention.
EHR Helps Obtain Successful Health Compliance Outcomes
EHR (eHealth) provides you the tools for successful management of patient populations, conditions, and preventive health routines ensuring patient compliance and preventive care. The HealthWatcher tool allows for customized profiles and protocols to ensure your practice complies with best practices and your patients adhere to your medical advice.
eHealth Maintenance Tailored to Your Practice Needs
With ADP AdvancedMD EHR, you can tailor your health maintenance solution to fit the unique needs of different groups of patients. For example, you can customize health maintenance information by diagnosis or by payer to accommodate carrier guidelines. Find out how ADP AdvancedMD can help your support staff quickly identify and reach out to patients who are due for tests or procedures.
Utilize Continuity of Care Protocols for Better Safety, Health Maintenance & Compliance Our HealthWatcher (eHealth maintenance) module is part of our EHR and is a tool that helps the practice and provider follow continuity of care protocols. We support care plans, guidelines and protocols for the management of specific conditions based on factors such as age, sex, diagnosis and lab result values.
Benefits of HealthWatcher Maintenance in the EHR Generates alerts for appointment recall, prescription refills and laboratory orders Protocols can contain one or a series of tasks, renewable based on user-defined intervals Health maintenance protocols can be assigned to an individual or group of patients
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
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