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ACE 2012 to Kick off on August 8th

MTS Team — Fri, 18 May 2012 06:15:01 +0000

There are approximately 80 days left for the next AHDI Annual Convention and Expo

The countdown has started for the next AHDI Annual Convention & Expo (ACE 2012). The function of 4 days is something that no healthcare documentation expert would usually want to miss. It is to be held from August 8th to 11th at Indianapolis, IN. This year’s convention and expo, AHDI claims, is “packed with changes.” What’s more, the complete conference registration charges have been lowered and free internet access would be provided in the hotel room. This is very tempting no doubt to professionals who haven’t attended any of the previous ACE functions.

The Attractions

ACE 2012 is a must place-to-be in to know about significant industry changes, exchange the greatest practices and tips with industry insiders from different parts of the US and experience the most modern technology and tools. Some of the topics that would be covered at this year’s program are:

Medical transcription, and medical coding for MTs
Credentialing
Huntington disease
Electronic Health Records
ICD-10
Bariatric Surgery
Plastic surgery for diabetes associated foot wounds
Robotic therapy for children
Mercenary marketing

If you register for all four days by June 13, 2012, you would get the benefits of admission to a free webinar scheduled for fall 2012 with Phyllis Garrison, JD. The webinar would be based on The HIPAA Privacy Rule worth 1 Medicolegal CEC. Apart from this, AHDI members are eligible for discounted charges.

Concerted Efforts Should be Made Towards Patient Safety

MTS Team — Thu, 10 May 2012 07:39:36 +0000

This is what the poster for the upcoming National Medical Transcriptionist Week conveys

The Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity’s (AHDI’s) National MT week is a celebration of the contribution of medical transcriptionists to healthcare. This year’s National MT week is from May 20th to 26th, 2012. A poster for the important week conveys the message that concerted efforts among healthcare providers and healthcare documentation experts are essential to ensure patient safety.

Alarming Statistics

The statistics of a decade ago paint an alarming picture. As per an assessment of 37 million patient medical records, an average of close to 200,000 people expired each in 2001, 2002 and 2003 due to possibly avoidable in-hospital medical inaccuracies. These statistics are enough to prove that accuracy in medical records cannot be compromised at any cost. The National MT week would give MTs an opportunity to discuss issues such as these as well as develop professional partnerships.

Outsourcing Would be Helpful

In conclusion it may be mentioned that outsourcing to a reliable and established medical transcription service provider would bring you into contact with such healthcare documentation experts as would be able to achieve high levels of accuracy in patient records. Trying to achieve high transcription accuracy in-house, that too without backlog, can be challenging, time-consuming and costly.

CMS EHR Incentives Exceed 5 Billion Dollars

MTS Team — Sat, 05 May 2012 03:11:17 +0000

CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services) Medicaid and Medicare EHR payments to 93, 650 hospitals and physicians in complete program approximations through April have exceeded 5 billion dollars. According to a CMS official, the closing figures would become available later in May. Robert Anthony, an expert in CMS’ Office of eHealth Standards and Services revealed that the agency provided $568 million total to both Medicaid and Medicare providers in April alone, as per initial estimates.

Encouraging Figures

Pleased by the numbers, The National Health IT co-ordinator Mr. Farzad Mostashari said “It’s hard in a nation as large and complex as ours not to look at these strong numbers and not feel encouraged that the combination of policies, programs and, importantly, the effects of the really hard work at the state level and by hospitals and by eligible professionals have translated into a tremendous effort, will and execution on the part of the country.”

Combine EHR with Suitable Medical Transcription

Implementing EHR doesn’t mean that you need to do away with transcription. Physicians can utilize dictation-transcription as a means of maintaining narrative reports, tagging it with the EHR system. Using the services of one of the many capable medical transcription outsourcing companies will save physicians the time and effort required to document those details. As a physician or owner of a healthcare practice, your objective should be to combine electronic health records with a dictation-transcription solution that provides a more affordable and practical means of documenting a patient’s full story.

Registration for the Chicago Edition of the 2012 AHIMA Convention & Exhibit to Start in May

MTS Team — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:10:27 +0000

For healthcare practices and providers of medical transcription services and other healthcare BPO solutions, here’s some good news. You can register for the next AHIMA Convention & Exhibit this May (the registration details are available on their website). The conference and exhibit is an opportunity for you to promote your innovative and competitive customer solutions and also learn about new transcription developments and technologies. It is to be conducted in Chicago, at the McCormick Place Lakeside Building on these dates: Sept 30th and 31st and October 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

Increase Your Customer Exposure

Participation at the program as an exhibitor would give medical transcription companies more exposure and invite more customers to buy from you. You can promote your expertise in the following and other areas:

Clinical information systems
Transcription solutions
Dictation services
Outsourcing
Software engineering
EHR
Data management
Web-oriented applications
Privacy solutions
ICD-10
Clinical vocabularies

Your participation would also help you exchange ideas with highly capable Health Information Management (HIM) experts and gain knowledge in the above areas as well as in certification or accreditation, filing systems and more. What’s more, you would be contributing to the shaping of the Health Information Management of the future. So why miss out on this great opportunity?

Outsource MT Like FRASER Health and Partners Are Planning to, & Save!

MTS Team — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:01:20 +0000

Last week, there was news of a plan by FRASER Health, Canada and three partner health authorities namely Vancouver Coastal Health, Provincial Health Services Authority and Providence Health Care to contract their medical transcription services out to a single service provider. The goal behind this plan is to save money (it is expected to bring their costs down by $3 million per year) and also be able to access the most superior technology. These health establishments would be able to use the saved money for more health care.

Cut Costs and Benefit from the Best Technology

The above development is just one example out of multiple medical transcription outsourcing instances. If you haven’t already outsourced, you should. The combination of reduced operating costs and the best in technology is really too hard to resist. It is true that you would be risking the privacy and security of sensitive PHI (patient health information) when you outsource. However, that would become a total non-issue if you outsource to a recognized HIPAA compliant medical transcription company. This service provider should have industry experience of many years and some good references and testimonials that you could verify. Make sure the company you are considering offers a free trial. The trial would help you judge whether the service provider is right for your requirements or not.

An Opportunity Not Worth Missing

You have nothing to lose by outsourcing medical transcription. Why miss out on the opportunity to benefit in these ways?

30 to 40 percent reduction in operating expenses
Volume discounts
No fees charged for set up
Quality transcription completed within a favorable turnaround

Medical Transcription Outsourcing Offers Hope in the Present Economic Situation

MTS Team — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:02:49 +0000

With the CDIA (Clinical Documentation Industry Association) having announced last month that it was closing, many would have wondered about the AHDI’s (Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity’s) stability. Though the AHDI has assured the public of its continuing position as an energetic and workable organization, anything is possible.

More Worries

The CDIA had noted that the reason for their closing was the very strongly unhealthy economic situation that it just could not handle. Then what would be the condition of healthcare practices and individual physicians who are struggling in this financial crisis? Added to those financial worries are these worries:

The administration has directed that all Americans should possess electronic health records (EHRs) by 2014
The federal government has advised the health industry to change the format of patient files from paper-based to digital

Medical Transcription Outsourcing could be your Miracle

However, all is not lost. Outsourcing can help to save costs and free up more time and energy for not just patient care but also for business furthering and profit generating endeavors. Quality medical transcription services can decrease operating costs by up to 40 percent while also improving patient care and enabling better risk management. Good service providers wouldn’t charge any service fees and would offer a discount for volume projects. In addition to financial gains, other advantages would include:

99 percent accuracy
No long-term contracts
Flexibility
HIPAA compliance
HL7 interface
EMR interface
Service offered for almost all medical records and specialties
Favorable turnaround (within 24 hours)
Billing per 65 character line
Electronic signature facility
Enables online editing
Document/audio file archives
Competitive pricing
Friendly customer support

Neurology Medical Transcription Services – Benefits

MTS Team — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:48:07 +0000

Neurology is a classification of medical science pertaining to the structure, role and organic ailments of the nerves and nervous system. It is a highly complex branch for which transcription would require expert comprehension of some really difficult words and procedures. There is a chance of errors creeping in when the medical transcription is performed in-house. So it is always better to get this task performed by a medical transcription specialist.

Extensive Transcription Experience

An expert and reputable medical transcription service provider would be fluent in the English language and basic medical terminology. When you request neurology transcription, you would get a team of skilled professionals to work exclusively for you. In the course of their documentation experience, some of the many disorders the team may have covered are:

Epilepsy
Bradykinetic disorders
Cognitive disorders
Cervical spine disorders
Multiple Sclerosis
Patient education
Lumbosacral spine disorders
Visual-cranial nerve symptoms
Peripheral nerve disorders
Facial pain
Cranial nerve disorders
Headache

This ensures that they provide accurate and reliable neurology transcription.

Other Benefits

The other benefits of outsourcing this specialized task to a reliable company are:

HIPAA compliance
Freedom from a tedious, boring and monotonous task
You can choose from different dictation options
More time available for core healthcare tasks
HL7 interface
Electronic signature and online editing enabled
Favorable turnaround
Choice of transcription by a local or international team
Free Trial

So be wise. Outsource neurology medical transcription.

Medical Transcription Solutions – Improved Efficiency & Less Expense

MTS Team — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:21:10 +0000

A common goal of professional healthcare practices is to deliver excellent care and ensure patient satisfaction. Other goals include research, developing an outstanding reputation, and growth and expansion. One of the processes that help in ensuring quality care is timely and accurate medical transcription. This back office task involves the conversion of physician dictations in audio format into text format. The resulting format is in the form of an orderly medical record that helps ensure correct and quick treatment to the patient. Unfortunately, in-house transcription is often associated with backlog and heavy expenditure.

Outsourced Medical Transcription – the Benefits

Three of the important ways in which these outsourcing solutions can benefit your healthcare practice are described below:

Helps to Concentrate on Core Tasks – You won’t have to worry about employing and training staff to perform transcription. You also won’t have to worry about the expenses involved in this. Instead, you would have more time to devote to your core business duties.

Speeds up coding and billing – Medical transcription is the first step in the receivables management cycle. Outsourcing ensures timely creation of patient records which in turn ensures faster reimbursements.

Limits transcription expenditure to “per line” costs – By outsourcing, your healthcare practice can do away with costs associated with administration overhead, information technology, capital equipment, and space. You would thus be able to better manage your limited overhead.

If you want to reap these benefits to the full, you should find yourself a reputable medical transcription service provider. Try to find testimonials or reviews posted about the companies you are considering. Look for HIPAA compliance, a 99 percent accuracy rate, convenience and security of file transfer, and a flexible turnaround.

Outsource Medical Transcription to Improve Turnaround

MTS Team — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:14:48 +0000

Busy healthcare practices that undertake medical transcription tasks in-house often find it difficult to deliver results within the specified time limit. The reasons for this include shortage of staff, the hectic pace of activity and necessity of attention to core tasks, as well as transcription challenges caused by missing details or blanks that need review, poor dictation quality, and the lack of new technology. As such, more and more medical facilities are outsourcing their healthcare documentation processes. Outsourcing is one of the most viable options to improve turnaround.

Get Solutions in Custom Turnaround Time

Medical transcription outsourcing companies are able to comply with individualized turnaround times, the only exception being immediate requirements. You can expect your work to be completed and sent to you in 24 hours. Regardless of the volume of work or the medical specialty for which you seek transcription, a reliable medical transcription service provider would be able to handle it. With turnaround moving the way you want it to, you can expect benefits in the following areas:

Risk management
Clinical decision making
Standards of patient healthcare
Reimbursement procedures

How They Do It

Established medical transcription companies are well-equipped to assure solutions to keep turnaround deadlines. This includes:

Expert medical transcriptionists
HIPAA compliance
Multilevel QA process
Use of advanced technology

Besides prompt documentation, outsourcing your medical transcription tasks to the right company also ensures considerable cost savings.

Use Emergency Room Transcription Services – Ease a Challenging Task

MTS Team — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:58:39 +0000

Using the emergency room transcription services offered by a competent medical transcription service provider is a wise decision. This helps to ease a challenging task. What’s more, you can save time by outsourcing as in-house transcription takes up valuable time that should have gone into patient care.

Efficient Medical Transcription addresses Many Issues

Reduces Monotony – Transcription does get monotonous and boring after a while. The medical transcription company you outsource to has employees who can do this monotonous work for you – efficiently and affordably.

Resolves Unintelligibility Issues – Each doctor has his own dictation methods. The transcriptionists of a company providing professional emergency room transcription services would have had a lot of experience in comprehending different styles and accents. So they would be able to transcribe across style and accent differences and in the format you specify.

Minimizes Errors – The tensions associated with everyday healthcare management can cause errors to creep into your staff’s transcription without their even being aware of it. Your service provider, on the other hand, doesn’t have to manage healthcare and so would be able to complete this task efficiently. Accuracy is very important for follow-up care when records can get passed between multiple medical professionals.

Ensures HIPAA Compliance – Your service provider can help you ensure that your transcription adheres to current HIPAA norms.

Maintains Deadlines – Deadlines cannot be compromised on and your service provider will ensure that they aren’t. You can even specify your deadlines and gain from customized TAT.

Get Maximum Benefit

So take full advantage of emergency room transcription services from a reliable outsourcing company. Ask for a free trial to assess the services so that you can be sure you’re goals are met.