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Dr. Blumenthal Discusses Registration for EHR Incentive Programs (video +)

In the Blumenthal video above, he gave some statistics:

• About 80% of the hospitals plan to implement EHRs and work on complying with the stimulus fund program over the next two years.
• 40% of private practice physicians plan on doing the same, and 80% of them plan on implementing and working their EHR over the next two years.
• 18% of private practice physicians said they will not participate at all.

We know that the magic stimulus dollar amount an individual physician can get over the five years is $44,000. I was also reading that hospitals can get reimbursements and aid of up to $2 million.

Reschedule for Give your Practice the Raise it Deserves

Due to general concern about the massive incoming storm tomorrow's (Wednesday, 2/1/11) seminar has been rescheduled to next Wednesday (2/9/11).  If you were already signed up, you have been called, if you couldn't make it this week then by all means- Sign Up for next week!

To tide you over until then I will give you my other favorite Karen quote from last week and a prized audit tip-

Give your Practice the Raise it Deserves!

Don't miss out on this special seminar!  You still have a chance to sign up and attend the next session next Wednesday (February 2nd)!  You can truly go back to your office and change your office life after attending this seminar.  You are worth it and this seminar will pay for itself and you, the first day you go back and use it.

(It has also been approved by the AAPC for 5 CEUs.)

Give Your Practice the Raise it Deserves in 2011

Genius Solutions announces new "Give Your Practice the Raise it Deserves in 2011" seminars, featuring Karen Zook CPC, CCP.

Click here to download PDF

Happy 2011!

Genius Solutions wishes you and yours a prosperous New Year.

Early EHR Birds, ARRA Incentive Worms!

On your mark, if you are ready and set... on January 3rd, you can go!

January 3, 2011 marks the beginning of registration for those early bird EHR implementers that want to work to receive their ARRA stimulus incentives the first year of availability.

Live From the “ONC HIT 2010 Update”

How serious is the government about you instituting high tech solutions (read this as EHR) into your office?  Well let’s just say that this first phase of Obamacare is heading straight for you and your office like a runaway train with a nuke on its heels.

If the billions of dollars they have spent and are planning to spend through the ARRA stimulus package aren’t enough.  Then you may want to listen to their logic.  If money and logic aren’t enough, then you’d better be ready for the sticks and stripes to come.

Everything you every wanted to know about HIPAA & Privacy, but were afraid to ask

Ok, during the ONC HIT conference this week, they gave an invaluable link for everything you might want or need to know about HIPAA and privacy concerns and here it is:
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/

You may be able to Pack up your “Red Flags” Come January

It looks like the FTC may have just gotten a flag on their Red Flags play.  The FTC Red Flags rulings that have been pushed forward a couple of times over the last year may finally be at a rest for physicians. 

Cheer Up!

The holidays are here, no matter which ones you celebrate hopefully you have plenty of holiday cheer.  If you don’t or you aren’t quite sure, here are some ways to boost your cheer and the cheer of those around you.  (P.S. These work any time of the year!)

Genius Solutions News Flash- Holiday 2010 Edition

We've just been sending out our Holiday News Flash... So, Happy Holidays from us here at Genius Solutions, Inc. to all of you and yours.  We wish you a great end of the year and holiday season!  Click on the title above, if you would like to see the e-mail.  It's got end of the year Tips & Tricks, news links for stuff you may have missed and some nifty holiday pictures! 

Give us a call or e-mail us if you are not receiving our monthly e-mails, but would like too.  (It also helps if you let us know your office number or phone number so we can log it properly.) 

Medicare Pay Cuts Get Expected 1-Month Reprieve

Remember the other day when I said that the projected pay cut for today would be 23% if nothing was done to extend your Medicare payment benefits? Well, I forgot about the additional 2% lollypop they threw in on the last pass. The actual pay cut would have been 25%! It's a good thing then that Congress acted quickly upon returning to session Monday (Nov 29th).

So, here's the breakdown: