you may find that one or more of the following apply.
Save Money Currently Spent on Office Overhead
Eliminate Transcription Costs
Eliminate costs for Paper Charts
Cost of paper itself
Cost for employees pulling and filing charts
Cost and liabilities of looking for and transfer of lost charts
Cost of storage of paper charts
Cost of destruction of paper charts
Save time telephoning patients with their lab / radiology reports, since they can view them online.
Allow patients to fill out their past history on-line, or in a kiosk in the waiting room, minimizing my staff expense in obtaining this information. For instance, Primetime's Instant Medical History can accomplish this.
Allow patients to make and modify their appointment schedules online, thereby minimizing staff expense for scheduling.
Minimize the number of telephone lines required in the office because much of the office/patient interaction will occur via the Internet.
Increase Reimbursement for Services I perform
Allow me to code properly
Allow me to code the highest level that the EMR will permit, without fear of an audit
Medical Economics magazine has estimated that physicians who routinely down-coded one E&M level to avoid audits, lost up to $40,000 annually.
Prompt me regarding what additional features are required of a note to allow me to code at a higher level.
Assist me in defending myself in the event of an audit.
Offer comprehensive documentation which allows me to justify higher coding levels.
This can frequently be accomplished because much of the documentation is generated rather easily, such as Family History, Past Medical History, etc.
Prevent me from performing medical services without billi ...