Shared Genius - August 2017

THOMAS... Shared Genius Practice Solutions From one genius to another. Special End of Summer Edition

August 2017 Have you tried these Genius Solutions? We've been working hard adding new features, reports, and generally making eTHOMAS and your office life more awesome & we want to make sure you know about all of it! Here are some outstanding eTHOMAS highlights you might not know about that were added to eTHOMAS from versions 9.5.18 - 9.5.34. Please remember, these aren't all, you can look online in our special help link from within eTHOMAS to access all of this documentation and more. We also have a lot of "How to" and other helpful videos in the same place and on our YouTube channel.

Got MIPS? We can show you how!

MIPS Overview &

How to Meet Advancing Care Measures in ehrTHOMAS

FREE weekly webinars for ehrTHOMAS MIPS Requirements

We will be holding free weekly webinars on how to meet MIPS measures inside of ehrTHOMAS. This webinar will go over the requirements to Medicare's Merit-based Incentive Payment System program. We will also walk you through how to meet the Advancing Care Information measures within ehrTHOMAS. A member of our support team will be available to answer any question you have after the presentation. We look forward to you joining us! 

Please Click Here for details and to select a seminar to register and join us on the webinars. 

Have You Attested for 2015 yet? You have a week.

A friendly reminder.

Per Medicare's correspondence:

"Eligible professionals, eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) participating in the Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program must attest using the Medicare & Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Registration and Attestation System by Friday, March 11, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. ET."

If you do not attest, you are subject to a Medicare payment percentage penalty going forward.

For More Medicare Information:

Visit the Registration and Attestation page on the CMS EHR Incentive Programs website

For ehrThomas Information: Check out our free webinars 

Shared Genius: February 2016

Shared Genius Practice Solutions From one Genius to Another.

February 2016 includes:
New Events, Updates, & connecting with Genius & our help resources made easier.

Available now!

Seminars, Webinars, and Events

Are you ready for a big dose of awesome? Then we have some Genius Solutions for you!    

New Navicure webinar Tuesday, February 16th at 1 pm EST/10 am PST:

8 Best Practices for Collecting from Patients with Deductibles

New ehrTHOMAS webinars (various dates)

New Genius Webinars (various dates)

Two New Genius Focus Groups in March 10 & 16

Free ehrTHOMAS webinars

FREE weekly webinars for PQRS, CQM, and ehrTHOMAS Modified Stage 2 Meaningful Use Requirements.  Click here for date, time options.

Special Genius LAST Friday of the Month Conference Call

Special Genius LAST Friday of the Month Call w/ final #ICD10 tips, ideas, & discussion. 

Friday Sep 25th @ 10 am EST. http://www.geniussolutions.com/news/?post=20150922

Shared Genius for September 2015

Shared Genius Practice Solutions From one Genius to Another.

September 2015 includes:
update, upgrade, review, view, prepare, and more!

Available now!

DrFirst Offers a Free, New Service to You - Our ehrTHOMAS Users!

DrFirst Enhanced Notification System For Undeliverable Prescriptions

DrFirst is proud to announce the release of our enhanced notification system for undeliverable prescriptions. As part of your eprescribing license DrFirst has provided a dedicated team to monitoring the successful transmission of all prescriptions sent through our system. This service is now being enhanced to provide a more robust offering that will deliver alerts in real-time to your phone. With this new offering we expect that it will greatly improve the experience of patients visiting your office if a script becomes undeliverable to the pharmacy.

When a script is sent and is accepted by the DrFirst system we attempt to deliver that prescription to the pharmacy chosen by the prescriber and patient. If, for some reason, it cannot be delivered electronically, then DrFirst attempts to fax the script on your behalf up to three times. If it continues to fail, then the DrFirst Support Desk attempts to resolve the issue prior to marking the script undeliverable and returning it to the sender. Unfortunately, this can take some time to complete. Typically the patient gets to the pharmacy prior to the completion of this routine, resulting in callbacks, unhappy patients, unhappy doctors, and unhappy staff-members.

Our new service will deliver alerts after a prescription fails to be delivered electronically AND is not successfully delivered after 3 fax attempts, which takes about 10 minutes from the time the eprescription is filed. This models our current manual process that is followed by our dedicated monitoring staff but provides you the information at a much faster pace. Prescribers can now receive alerts on their smartphone or desktop via the DrFirst Backline secure texting app. We expect this will support most office workflows and facilitate the best experience for prescribers and their patients.

To begin using our new system please speak with your ehrTHOMAS Implementation team to begin the implementation process. DrFirst is providing training webinars if you would like to gain a deeper understanding of the new feature and ask any questions you may have. Please let the ehrTHOMAS Implementation team know if you would like to take advantage of this advanced training.

Important DrFirst Info for our ehrTHOMAS Users

Two Important New Items from DrFirst:

1. Enhanced notification system for undeliverable prescriptions
2. Appropriate Use of the Pharmacist Notes (an educational download) 

New Webinar Dates - We're Back!

Ok, you've been wondering.... I've got news!

The ICD-10 weekly webinars are BACK! And start tomorrow. Just like last year, the webinars are free, but you do need to register for them. Yes, there will be a live question and answer session at the end. Get ready now by signing up! The link is always available on the "Events" page and on the "ICD-10" page as well.

Yes - if you haven't seen it - New ehrTHOMAS Meaningful Use webinars are up and available for both Stage 1 and Stage to, with additional webinars for Microsoft's HealthVault. These webinars are also free to you, but again, you need to sign up for any you wish to take.

The 2014 Meaningful Use Deadline is Almost Here, Are You Ready?

ehrTHOMAS Users... Notice! You've only got 2 weeks left Are you MU complete?

December 2014 The Deadline is Almost Here, Are You Ready? In preparation for Meaningful Use (Both Stage 1 & Stage 2 attestation) please remember to print out and send reminders to patients for preventative/follow-up care (Core 12). The threshold for this objective is 20%. This objective must be completed ONCE during the reporting period. It is best to complete this right before the reporting period ends on December 31st, 2014. This reminder report should already have been created during your practice’s training period and/or previous attestations. To print it out, go to Reports > Custom Reports > Select a report > Edit > Print > Send Reminder. Please make sure you print out your reports and keep a copy as a supporting document for your attestation. If there is not a report available, please call Genius Solutions to have one set one up. Got a question? If you have any questions, please call EHR support.

Shared Genius for November 2014

Shared Genius Practice Solutions From one Genius to Another.

November 2014 support special includes:
seasonal patient addresses, patient waiting list, new EHR update, and more!

Available now!

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New EHR Meaningful Use Webinars

New EHR Meaningful Use (MU) Webinars for Stage 1 and Stage 2 users. Click Here for the New Dates and Times. Additionally... We are in the process of putting a page together for "EHR Meaningful User" under "Resources" where we will have a home for all of the information I'm going to list in a minute, up-to-date schedules for webinars, and a place to put evolving information as it becomes available.

• If you are in Stage 1 Year 1 and started reporting your MU numbers on July 1st, please remember that the end of the reporting period is coming up (October 1st). Additionally, you must attest by Oct 1st to avoid payment adjustments. 
• If you did not start your reporting for MU on July 1st, and are still Stage 1-Year 1, you are still able to receive your incentive payment if you start reporting from Oct1st - Dec 31st.
• If you are Stage 1- year 2,  or Stage 2- year 1, your last reporting period this year is Oct 1st - Dec 31st. If you are a Stage 2 office, it is important that you read up on all the new measures for Stage 2. 
•  It is very important for ALL of you, regardless of what stage you are in, to perform a Security Risk Analysis during their reporting period. This is part of the HIPAA requirements for meaningful use. Here are some good links regarding that measure:

1. http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/EHRIncentivePrograms/Downloads/SecurityRiskAssessment_FactSheet_Updated20131122.pdf 
2. http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/EHRIncentivePrograms/downloads/14_Protect_Electronic_Health_Information.pdf 

• We have webinars/documents that will help them through whichever stage they are in. (Click here for the webinars and visit the GS website next week for additional information and documents.) 
• Here are some additional helpful links:

1. The decision “Widget” from the CMS website 
2. Available Systems 
3. Also, if your office is "less than prepared" you may qualify for a hardship exemption. Unfortunately, it’s probably too late this year to get it in but just in case for next year - Here is the information.

It's Official! ehrTHOMAS is ONC HIT 2014 Certified

Who is ONC HIT 2014 Certified? ehrTHOMAS is!

It is official.  Genius Solutions, Inc.'s ehrTHOMAS has received our ONC HIT 2014 Edition Complete Certification from ICSA Labs.  Yep, we're glowing right now.  Our programming department has been working very hard to not only get ehrTHOMAS ready, but to get it through certification.  Now it's here.

Want to know more about our ONC HIT 2014 Certified Complete EHR?

• Click here for Podiatry
• Click here for Medical +

Oh, and you can call us at 1.586.751.9080/1.800.645.0955 (outside of Michigan) and ask for Sales, they'll be happy to give you a tour!

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