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1. Expiring Favorable Tax Law – Tax Savings
2. Patients Prefer Patient Portals and EHRs
3. Free iPad 3 promotion thru 12/31/2012
4. Deferred financing on license fees by 12/31/2012
5. $39,000 - $63,750 stimulus payment
6. No down payment required with GroupOne
7. Become a Modern and Paper Free Practice in 2012 – New Year’s Resolution

1. Expiring Favorable Tax Laws – Tax Savings

If you could design the perfect EMR and PM software for you practice, what features would it include?

Let’s face it - communication and clinical data exchange between providers is an inefficient process. How much time is lost on the phone, calling to gather information or to make a referral appointment? How much time is wasted scanning and faxing patient documents back and forth between providers and specialists? Time is money, correct? There has to be a better way.

The HIStalk Practice Advisory Panel is a group of physicians, ambulatory care professionals, and a few vendor executives who have volunteered to provide their thoughts on topical issues relevant to physician practices. 

Register for CMS and ONC's Joint National Provider Call on Using Certified EHR Technology to Meet Meaningful Use

CMS and ONC are holding a joint National Provider Call on Wednesday, June 27, from 2:00 – 3:30 pm ET for eligible professionals (EPs) and eligible hospitals to hear an overview of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs, and learn about the use of certified EHR technology to meet meaningful use. 

IDC Ranks eClinicalWorks EHR Highest in Industry Analysis

In two reports, one released in May 2012 and the other in November 2011 by IDC Health Insights, eClinicalWorks earned high scores for its EHR, placing the company as the only one in the Leader Quadrant for small, midsize, and large medical practices. The reports, titled IDC MarketScape: U.S. Ambulatory EMR/EHR for Midsize and Large Practices 2011 Vendor Assessment (20+ providers) and IDC MarketScape: U.S. Ambulatory EMR/EHR for Small Practices 2012 Vendor Assessment (20 or less providers), focus on electronic health and medical records for the ambulatory market. Combined, they target small, midsize and large practices, showing the success eClinicalWorks has had in these markets. Download the report for the small practices as well as the one for the midsize & large practices.

EHRs can improve your practice’s efficiency, patient outcomes, and physician productivity. But if you don’t train practice staff and providers correctly, none of these benefits will be realized. 

Register for CMS' National Provider Call on Registration and Attestation

CMS is holding a National Provider Call on Thursday, June 7, from 1:30 – 3:00 pm ET for eligible professionals (EPs) to learn about registration and attestation for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs.

Latest Success Data on Provider Participation in the EHR Incentive Programs

CMS has released February 2012 data that highlights program-to-date (since January 2011) participation and payment totals under the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. The February report documents continued growth in  registrations and payments, including:

The debut next week of the iPad3, or "the new iPad" as Apple officials are calling it, has the IT world at large abuzz. But is it a slam-dunk for healthcare? A few of its new functions have certainly caught the eyes of healthcare providers.

Several GroupOne Health Source employees recently attended the 2011 eClinicalWorks National Users Conference in Phoenix, AZ.  During its 2011 National Users Conference, eClinicalWorks unveiled four new and exciting product initiatives designed to further enhance medical practices and change the EHR industry.  When combined with the already impressive assortment of product features like Patient Portal, eClinicalMobile, and eClinicalMessenger, eClinicalWorks continues to improve upon its industry leading EHR solution.

The Deadline to Request a Hardship Exemption for the eRx Incentive Program is November 1, 2011

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would like to remind eligible professionals and group practices that the deadline to request a hardship exemption for the 2012 Medicare Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program adjustment is November 1, 2011.

In depth demo of eClinicalWorks’s practice management features with EHR billing tips.

GroupOne's eClinicalWorks revenue cycle management experience has helped thousands of physicians with claim management and revenue cycle management. With an end-to-end solution customized for eClinicalWorks users, we help our customers overcome eCW RCM challenges such as declining reimbursement, low cash flow, and lack of EHR optimization. 

    As part of physician integration strategy, one of the largest hospitals in Hawaii extends partnership with medical billing and EMR specialist to implement electronic health records software and billing services combination package.

Jefferson City, MO - August 10, 2011 – GroupOne Health Source, a medical consulting and billing firm, and Maui Memorial Medical Center (MMMC) agreed to renew and extend GroupOne’s OneRate platform of medical services for its growing group of affiliated health providers.  Located in Wailuku, the hospital originally opened in 1884 and is currently the largest facility run by the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation and the only acute care hospital on Maui.