EHR issues • the meaningful use stage 1 measures require ethnicity and race information that is commonly captured in the Pm systems but is needed by the ehr to track provider performance and qualify for the ehr incentive payments from medicare or medicaid. • meaningful use stage 2 will require sharing of contact information Are You Following Us? join us on facebook, twitter, youtube, and linkedin. go to the www.hbma.org homepage to get connected. • follow news and views • find out what’s new with the association • Post comments about conferences, distance learning, or news • retweet hbma posts on twitter • like, comment, and share hbma facebook posts • like, comment, and share youtube videos • network with other members and colleagues • join discussions and ask questions SECURITY the journal of the healthcare billing and management association 53 and email addresses. • the hiPaa omnibus rules will affect the information needed to track hiPaa Privacy and disclosure as well as support exchanges with patients. as a practical matter, most medical billing and ehr interfaces do a poor job of coordinating hiPaa privacy and disclosure status for patients. in light of these increasingly complex business and technical challenges to interfacing medical billing and ehr products, third party billers may need to establish their own preferred relationships with ehr vendors. however, such relationships will be under increasing competitive pressure and user demands to provide a more coordinated approach to patient service and provider relationships. right, wrong, or indifferent, the healthcare industry is moving towards comprehensive solutions to meet patient service challenges and optimize provider performance. consequentially, the Pms/ehr vendors are addressing those needs. a myriad of changes that affect physician relationships with patients and the expectations of patients and payors will complicate the use of interfaces with ehr products and inhibit the efficiencies needed to manage patient care and service. as importantly, interfaced systems may complicate reporting for quality, operational, and management purposes. therefore, interfacing between Pms and ehr systems may present a tactical solution to meet physician needs in these relatively early stages of the transition to ehrs, but present a strategic challenge to address evolving healthcare business and patient service models. third party billing organizations need to recognize these business and service issues in order to provide a clear strategic path for how your services and products will evolve to meet the new demands that your clients are facing. Ron Sterling (800-967-3028, www.sterling-solutions.com) publishes the popular EHR Blog Avoid-EHR-Disasters.blogspot.com and authored the HIMSS Book of the Year Award winning Keys to EMR/EHR Success. He is an independent EHR consultant. © Sterling Solutions, 2013 Resources 1. chapter 3 - Keys to EMR/EHR Success by ron sterling Billing Update! We are working hard to enhance Billing to ensure that it meets the needs of our membership, but need your input. as you see, each issue has been greatly expanded to include topics that impact our industry and businesses. do you have a suggestion for a future column in hbma Billing? is there a specific topic that you would like to see covered by industry experts? do you have any comments about past articles? Please offer suggested topics for Sound Off! as well. We want to hear from you at billing@hbma.org.
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