tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2012 Issue 5

EMR Implementation: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of EMRs: Keep This Advice Handy And Make A Potentially Bad Situation Better

Watch out for cloned documentation, appropriate scribe attestation to be sure you are in compliance.Background: The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, was signed into law on Feb. 17, 2009, to promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology.  HITECH outlined the government's idea to improve medical care while reducing cost using technology such as Electronic Medical Records (EMRs), says Michael A. Granovsky, MD, FACEP, CPC, President of LogixHealth, a medical coding and billing company in Bedford, MA. Among...

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