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Mariana:
Guys, i have one more question. If EMR will be mandatory in the future how will the doctors provide information to billing companies? Because i am used now to get the superbills, patient information form all by fax...so if it will be all in their system with EMR how will they provide the information to the billing company? And will there be a need to use my billing software or will we have to use the provider's software by remote access? 

DMK:
I think Linda and Michele have addressed this a few times.  Remote access to the doctor's software will always be best, then you can print off notes if needed, and you can really monitor the incoming payments and outgoing billing.  You will still need your own software for the smaller practices (who will likely not be required to have EMR).

I'm not a big fan of national healthcare, but Canada has a great NATIONAL software program for billing that works really well.  The US will balk at that since it would impede the software manufacturers, but for Medicare, Medicaid, and other "national" plans, they will probably have to come up with something that everyone uses and that is cheap or free just for the consistency alone.  The clearing houses are already doing something similar by taking different software data and compiling it into a single format that all insurance companies accept.

These are just my opinions, but this business is constantly changing and will continue to do so.  As the saying goes "changes aren't permanent, but change is...."

PMRNC:
Hold on to your hats for what I'm going to tell you....

I'm not dealing with EMR at all!  Nope, not at all!  I have many reasons, one being I'm just too busy with the other day-to day operations and consulting. All my clients are fine with that and I have a lot of contacts that could use the business and step in for me for that part :)   I know.. crazy isn't it?  But that's just me.  There's no way EMR is going to take business from us at all, and with all changes in the healthcare industry and what I believe is going to happen in the next presidential election, we are going to be so busy we won't have time to deal with EMR.  That's my opinion.   

Michele:
We don't have much to do with EMR either.  Only to advise our providers on what their options are.  I agree with Linda.  It really doesn't pertain to us and we are way too busy.  There are always those who try to make more of things than need to be.  EMR can be tied in to billing or it can be completely separate.  EMR companies will use anything they can to make their product look better, including pushing how it will aid in billing.  Billing still needs to be understood to be done correctly and no EMR is going to change that.  JMO

sl1181:
I work for a few pratices that use their EMR only as EMR and not to try and bill. They learned the EMR was only as good as they were at inputting the info and learned quickly it was a billers job. I find the EMR much easier to read than a doctors chart and now its all right on my computer.

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