decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2014 Issue 7 (July)
3 key features to examine before making decision to purchase, switch PMS
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Article Overview
This article explains what practices should evaluate when purchasing or switching a practice management system alongside a broader health IT upgrade. It is aimed at practice administrators and revenue cycle leaders who want to compare cloud options, reporting capabilities, data access, and claim-related functionality before choosing a system. The guidance is presented as vendor-selection and workflow considerations rather than coding policy.
Why This Topic Matters
Practice management system selection can affect productivity, reporting, claims workflow, and data portability long after a technology change is made. The article highlights why these operational issues matter when practices are upgrading systems and planning for future growth.
Article Sections
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Health IT
Introduces the context of practice technology upgrades and the role of the practice management system in that process.
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Save costs without servers
Discusses cloud-based and server-based practice management system options, along with general cost, access, data control, and connectivity considerations.
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Seek out report functionality
Covers the importance of report capabilities, business analytics, data integration, and compatibility with related systems.
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Go for scrubbing, real-time adjudication
Describes claim-processing features to evaluate in a practice management system, including pre-submission checking and timing-related workflow capabilities.
What You Will Learn
- How practice management system selection fits into a broader technology upgrade
- What general categories of reporting capability are important in a PMS
- Why data access, connectivity, and cloud considerations matter when evaluating vendors
- Which claim workflow features practices may want to review in a PMS
- How PMS compatibility with other systems can affect operational planning
Who Should Read This
- Practice administrators
- Revenue cycle managers
- Medical office managers
- Health IT decision-makers
- Billing and coding operations staff
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