Medical Billing Software for Your Practice: Medisoft Clinical ANSI 5010
When you’re busy with your patients, it’s easy to overlook your medical billing software. That’s why you should know that you may be losing thousands of dollars a month if your software isn’t compliant with the latest claims submissions standards. Even though there’s been plenty of lead time, many small practices and medical providers have still been caught unprepared for the changes in billing standards.
Beginning January 1, 2012, all practices participating in Medicare fee-for-service billing were required to be 100% compliant with ANSI 5010 standards for submission of electronic claims. Information formatting is significantly changed with the new standards. If your claims don’t comply with the format – if, for example, you’re still using a 5-digit zip code instead of the now-required 9-digit code – those claims could be denied.
Many providers who bill Medicare and Medicaid are already seeing claims rejected for non-compliance with ANSI-5010 standards. Unfortunately, medical billing software suppliers may have told office managers in some of those practices that their current solution would be fine. Others may have attempted to integrate patches into their current medical billing software, only to run into glitches. Many practices that invested significant resources in medical billing software found that their complicated systems required coddling to produce billing forms in the right format.
These Frankenstein systems make office staff members jump through hoops to be compliant. That simply doesn’t make sense. Alternately, you can purchase a fully compliant, easy to use and very affordable medical billing solution that is fully ANSI 5010 compliant.
Medisoft Medical Billing and Practice Management Software Features
McKesson Medisoft is one of the most well-known names in practice management and medical billing software. The company has provided products and solutions for the health care industry for 175 years. Staying current with the needs of today’s medical professionals is second nature. Medisoft provides medical billing and practice management solutions that offer all the features and benefits of high-end medical software products in packages that make sense for smaller medical offices and practices.
Medisoft v17
Medisoft Basic practice management software is one affordable way to automate many of the time-consuming tasks involved in running a successful medical or dental practice. It simplifies and streamlines office management, from patient scheduling to collections, freeing staff members to tend to patients.
Medisoft Clinical EHR
Medisoft Clinical seamlessly integrates practice management and electronic health records into an easy to use, affordable package designed for small practices. It bundles all the features of Medisoft v17 into a complete certified EHR software package with state-of-the-art, standards-compliant reporting, medical records management, encounter notes and diagnostic tools.
McKesson Practice Choice
The most secure, efficient and affordable medical software solution available for small practices is McKesson Practice Choice. This provides all the functionality of Medisoft Clinical EHR without the hassle of onsite storage, backups, IT security tasks and expensive servers and equipment. Practice Choice provides a full suite of web-based solutions, including backups in the cloud and access to knowledge databases and other physician tools.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced that they will not begin enforcing compliance with ANSI 5010 standards until after June 1, but some offices have already seen their claims rejected. Why take a chance?
Chris Robertson is an author of Majon International, one of the world’s MOST popular internet marketing companies on the web.
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