13 Tips for a Physician Practice to Generate Maximum Revenue and Keep Positive Cash Flow

2014-03-10T15:17:00.000-04:00

Published by Pradip Sengupta, CEO of IPS Technology Services http://www.ipstechnologyservices.com/ As healthcare practices are transforming from fee-based services to outcome-based Accountable Care Organizations (ACO), they are facing unique challenges resulting out of a number of unknown factors due to new technologies, new processes and skills required to ensure maximum collection of revenue.

What is HIPAA? Why Does my Practice Need to Comply?

2014-02-24T15:34:00.000-05:00

Published by Pradip Sengupta, CEO of IPS Technology Services http://www.ipstechnologyservices.com/ The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 was enacted by Congress with two titles (or sections). The first title protects an individual’s access to healthcare and portability of coverage when there is a pre-existing condition. The second title—which is of utmost

What is ACO or Accountable Care Organization? Why is the Healthcare Industry Adopting it?

2014-02-10T11:42:00.000-05:00

Published by Pradip Sengupta, CEO of IPS Technology Services http://www.ipstechnologyservices.com/

True Costs for Successful EHR Implementation

2014-01-27T12:03:00.000-05:00

Published by Pradip Sengupta, CEO of IPS Technology Services http://www.ipstechnologyservices.com/ In order to increase the probability of success for EHR implementation, a physicians practice must take a comprehensive look at all cost components. Understanding true costs of EHR implementation keeps all surprises away and does not create unreal expectations in terms of ROI on EHR and

5 Critical Success Factors for a Successful EHR Implementation

2014-01-13T21:41:00.000-05:00

Published by Pradip Sengupta, CEO of IPS Technology Services www.ipstechnologyservices.com OK, now you are sold on upgrading your Healthcare IT and you have already selected the software based on business requirements and goals. What do you do now? How do you make sure that your EHR is successfully implemented and how do you know that you will achieve all potential benefits and ROI as

Ten Tips for EHR Implementation for a Physician's Practice

2013-12-16T17:18:00.000-05:00

Published by Pradip Sengupta, CEO of IPS Technology Services www.ipstechnologyservices.com As the qualifying date for application to get incentive dollars ($44K per physician) is approaching fast, the level of interest in EHR implementation is increasing at a faster rate. After all, if a physician practice can get large incentive dollars to upgrade their technology environment, then why not

Healthcare Information Security - Get a Good Grip

2013-12-02T12:09:00.000-05:00

Published by Pradip Sengupta, CEO of IPS Technology Services www.ipstechnologyservices.com As Healthcare technology matures over the next few years, information security has been identified as one of the key success factors for Electronic Healthcare Record (EHR) implementation. Once all associated healthcare technology (EHR, Practice Management, ePrescribe, CPOE, etc. ) is established,

What is Meaningful Use of EHR?

2013-11-18T23:06:00.000-05:00

Published by Pradip Sengupta, CEO of IPS Technology Services www.ipstechnologyservices.com The term Meaningful Use or MU has become a familiar one among healthcare information technology (HIT) practitioners. The need to use health information technology (HIT) to improve patient care, health care quality and clinical outcomes emerged as a matter of national policy with the passage of the

Tips for a Physicians Practice to Implement EHR and other Technologies

2013-11-04T23:58:00.000-05:00

Published by Pradip Sengupta, CEO of IPS Technology Services www.ipstechnologyservices.com The extent of use of traditional IT in doctors’ offices has fallen far behind in terms of effectively using IT to add value to business. With the recent push towards mandatory adoption of Healthcare Information Systems, namely electronic health records (EHR) and other related tools, a doctor's office will

Healthcare IT - What Every Physician Should Know