Tuesday, March 27, 2012

McKesson Practice Choice EHR and Practice Management Integration

Comply with ANSI 5010 (a.k.a. HIPAA 5010) electronic transaction standards that went into effect
January 1, 2012
-  Powerful information sharing (e.g., scheduling staff can view overdue health maintenance items and billing
information)
-  Eliminate paper superbills — the solution creates an electronic transfer between medical charting and insurance billing
-  Demographic data is always  up-to-date
-  Integrated messaging system connects all staff members
-  Easier setup — shared security settings; shared provider, practice and user data

Monday, March 19, 2012

McKesson Practice Choice EHR Helps Improve Productivity

Choice of Data Entry Methods
-  Flexible progress note templates accommodate different physician styles
-  Speech recognition (with Dragon Medical)
-  Touchpen, free typing and handwriting recognition
-  Dictation

Friday, March 16, 2012

McKesson Practice Choice EHR - Community, You Are Not Alone.

McKesson's Other EHR Solutions Are Home to a Positive, Collaborative, Thriving User Community -  Long standing annual User Group.

Meeting attracts hundreds of users nationally -  Active customer forum with more than 3,000 members
-  Online template and content sharing
-  Active customer advisory committees

Practice Choice EHR users are also welcome to attend and swap ideas and strategies with other physicians, nurse practioners, physician assistans, nurses, office staff and of course McKesson employees.

McKesson Practice Choice EHR - Designed To Meet Your Needs.

A Solution Designed to Meet Your Unique Needs :
- For a small to medium sized practice, we have a solution that can meet your unique practice
-  Flexible design allows the practice to determine their desired workflow.

McKesson Practice Choice EHR - We Have Your Back

1. Experienced, Established, Proven
-  McKesson as a company is committed to providing   a complete solution – including software, billing and collection services, supplies, and connectivity – to physician practices regardless of size, specialty or geographic location.
- Combine, all our EHR and Billing Solutions are utilized by more than 125,000 physician practices.
- Fortune 100 company
- A business history beginning in 1833.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

McKesson Practice Choice Pricing

McKesson Practice Choice Pricing;
Please call www.MedicalCharting.com (Computerized Business Systems) for a free no cost or obligation quote for your practice.  Please call 888-691-8058 or 941-743-6666.  Prices subject to change, call for a firm quote.

Service  Investment
Premium Subscription (Per Provider Per Month) 
Premium Subscription:  The McKesson Practice Choice Premium Monthly Subscriptions licenses a provider with a cost-effective, web-based electronic health record (EHR) and practice management (PM) solution that is ONC-ATB
Stage 1 certified to enable Meaningful Use submission.  The solution license includes the following components: Integrated PM and EHR Administration, Practice Scheduling with Wait/Bump list management and Real-time/Batch
Eligibility, Charting including Chart Summary, Patient History, Vitals, Diagnosis & Procedures, Orders, Results, HealthMaintenance with Alerting, Documentation Library, and Continuity of Care Document Publishing, Inbound Lab Results
interface licensing  (Availability of lab interfaces depends on technical compliance and contractual agreement of theintegrating lab suppliers with McKesson Practice Choice and the Customer.  Payment for each connection will be required of the connecting HIE, lab supplier or practice.  The list of currently available lab suppliers can be found at: www.mckessonpracticechoice.com/labinterfaces) , Clinical Encounter Summary and Progress Notes leveraging Smart Note technology to push and pull from the Patient Chart, Billing with Claims, Payment and Statements including an embedded EDI/ERA service with ERA auto-posting, Electronic Prescribing with Medication/Allergies including drug-drug, drug-allergy checking, Internal Communications for intra-practice messaging and tasking linked to an online Patient Portal for patient interaction, Native Reporting including Stage 1 Meaningful Use measures, certain ClinicalQuality Measure reports, Syndromic Reporting, and other financial reports.
$399 per month
Connect Subscription (Per Provider Per Month) 
Connect Subscription:  The McKesson Practice Choice Premium Monthly Subscriptions licenses a provider with a cost effective, web-based electronic health record (EHR) and practice management (PM) solution that is ONC-ATB Stage 1
certified to enable Meaningful Use submission.  The solution license includes the following components:  Integrated PM and EHR Administration, Practice Scheduling with Wait/Bump list management and Real-time/Batch Eligibility, Charting including Chart Summary, Patient History, Vitals, Diagnosis & Procedures, Orders, Results, Health Maintenance with Alerting, Documentation Library, and Continuity of Care Document Publishing, One Inbound Lab Results interface
license (Availability of lab interfaces depends on technical compliance and contractual agreement of the integrating lab suppliers with McKesson Practice Choice and the Customer.  Payment for the connection will be required of the
connecting HIE, lab supplier or practice.  The list of currently available lab suppliers can be found at:  www.mckessonpracticechoice.com/labinterfaces) , Clinical Encounter Summary and Progress Notes leveraging Smart Note technology to push and pull from the Patient Chart, Billing with Claims, Payment and Statements including an embedded EDI/ERA service with ERA auto-posting, Internal Communications for intra-practice messaging and tasking linked to an online Patient Portal for patient interaction, Native Reporting including Stage 1 Meaningful Use measures, certain Clinical Quality Measure reports, Syndromic Reporting, and other financial reports.
$349 per month
Standard Subscription (Per Provider Per Month)
Standard Subscription:  The McKesson Practice Choice Premium Monthly Subscriptions licenses a provider with a cost-effective, web-based electronic health record (EHR) and practice management (PM) solution. The solution license includes the following components:  Integrated PM and EHR Administration, Practice Scheduling with Wait/Bump list management and Real-time/Batch Eligibility, Charting including Chart Summary, Patient History,  Vitals, Diagnosis & Procedures, Orders, Results, Health Maintenance with Alerting, Documentation Library, and
Continuity of Care Document Publishing, Clinical Encounter Summary and Progress Notes leveraging Smart Note technology to push and pull from the Patient Chart, Billing with Claims, Payment and Statements including an embedde EDI/ERA service with ERA auto-posting, Internal Communications for intra-practice messaging and tasking, Native Clinical and Financial reporting.
$249 per month
Please call www.MedicalCharting.com (Computerized Business Systems) for a free no cost or obligation quote for your practice.  Please call 888-691-8058 or 941-743-6666
Implementation and Training Costs:  (Required)
Premium Implementation per 1st Provider:  McKesson Practice Choice Premium Implementation for the First Provider delivers up to 28 hours of remote project management and/or remote training services for the purpose of aiding the
practice and the first provider in adoption of the solution.  In addition, this Implementation package includes up to ninety days ofPremier Support (as described in the then-current McKesson Practice Choice Customer Care Terms found at www.mckessonpracticechoice.com/customercareterms) beginning upon the Commencement Date.

The practice will need to engage its own resources to be successful in the implementation as described by the then current McKesson Practice Choice Implementation Guide found at  www.mckessonpracticechoice.com/implementationguide as such terms may change over time. 
$4,700 for first provider,
$1,450 for additional provider.
Connect Implementation per 1st Provider:   McKesson Practice Choice Connect Implementation for the First Provider
delivers up to 26 hours of remote project management and remote training services for the purpose of aiding the practice and first provider in adoption of the solution.  In addition, this Implementation package includes up to ninety days of McKesson Premier Support (as described in the then-current McKesson Practice Choice Customer Care Terms found at www.mckessonpracticechoice.com/customercareterms) beginning upon the Commencement Date.  The practice will need to engage its own resources to be successful in the implementation as described by the then current McKesson Practice Choice Implementation Guide found at www.mckessonpracticechoice.com/implementationguide as such terms may change over time.

The practice will need to engage its own resources to be successful in the implementation as described by the then current McKesson Practice Choice Implementation Guide found at www.mckessonpracticechoice.com/implementationguide as such terms may change over time. 
$4,400 for first provider,
$1,450 for additional provider.
Standard Implementation per 1st Provider:  McKesson Practice Choice Connect Implementation for the First Provide delivers up to 24 hours of remote project management and remote training services for the purpose of aiding the
practice and first provider in adoption of the solution.  In addition, this Implementation package includes up to ninety days of McKesson Premier Support (as described in the then-current McKesson Practice Choice Customer Care Terms
found at www.mckessonpracticechoice.com/customercareterms) beginning upon the Commencement Date.  The practice will need to engage its own resources to be successful in the implementation as described by the then current McKesson Practice Choice Implementation Guide found at  www.mckessonpracticechoice.com/implementationguide assuch terms may change over time.

The practice will need to engage its own resources to be successful in the  implementation as described by the then current McKesson Practice Choice Implementation Guide found at www.mckessonpracticechoice.com/implementationguide as such terms may change over time. 
$4,100 for first provider,
$1,450 for additional provider.

Please call www.MedicalCharting.com (Computerized Business Systems) for a free no cost or obligation quote for your practice.  Please call 888-691-8058 or 941-743-6666

Monthly Options:
Immunization Report Subscription:  The McKesson Practice Choice Immunization Reporting Monthly Subscription licenses a provider for electronic submission of Immunization records to certain local state or regional registries. Implementation of the submission may be subject to a to-be-determined implementation time. $70 per month
Patient Education Subscription:   The McKesson Practice Choice Patient Education Monthly Subscription licenses a provider with patient instruction content on over 5,000 health topics from McKesson’s Clinical Patient Education.                        $45 per month
Premier Support:   Access to Practice Choice on-line help (provided by McKesson), Practice Choice Self Paced Tutorials (provided by McKesson), Telephone and electronic support (provided by www.MedicalCharting.com), 24 hour initial response SLA (provided by www.MedicalCharting.com).

 
Please call www.MedicalCharting.com (Computerized Business Systems) for a free no cost or obligation quote for your practice.  Please call 888-691-8058 or 941-743-6666
$150 per month

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

McKesson Practice Choice EHR - Easy To Use, Affordable, Great for Small Doctor Practices

McKesson Practice Choice EHR is a new software as a service (Saas) online electronic medical records software program designed for smaller physician practices.


 

When care is your priority and  independence is your choice 

When care is your priority and independence is your choice With 20+ years delivering PM and HR technology to the small practice, McKesson knows what  you need to run your medical office smoothly while maintaining your patient focus. We invested heavily and organically built McKesson Practice Choice to suit the specific needs of smaller offices. Leveraging the latest Microsoft technologies, we spent time observing you  in your workspace and tailored the software  
design and screen layout to deliver a consistent experience despite the multiple hats you wear 
and tasks you complete throughout the day.


Subscribe to cost-effectiveness

With McKesson Practice Choice, you’re not just getting an EHR/PM product — you’re benefiting
from a comprehensive solution that complements your independence. As a Web-based subscription service, there are no costly servers to maintain, no IT staffers to hire and no backups to schedule. Simplify your administrative overhead and learning curve with just a single solution integrating EHR, PM, patient portals, e-prescribing and claims. Simply log on to our secure system to access  and manage your practice’s data. Updates and upgrades to the program will stream automatically to your computers, so manual reinstallations are never required.

Your workflow-cash flow-data partner

McKesson is familiar with the ways clinical and business operations
overlap in the small-practice environment. That’s why McKesson 
Practice Choice integrates your office’s primary functions, connecting
data and streamlining practice-wide processes in one easy-to-use system.

The  workflow  efficiency choice
•    Intuitive interface makes it easy for anyone to learn and use
•    Check-in procedures are simplified and require less staff time
•    Electronic prescription ordering and pharmacy or patient-requested
renewal systems help ensure patient safety yet streamline the process
•    Well-documented patient records are accessible from any 
Web-enabled computer
•    Save time eliminating paper lab results via an electronic connection
•    Enhance patient touch with in-hand or Web-published clinical summaries
the  cash flow  choice
•  Use a ONC-ATB certified system to enable Meaningful Use dollar submission
•  Check patient eligibility in real time to guarantee reimbursement
•    Ensure provider-recommended procedure regimens are performed 
to benefit patient health and encourage visit volume
•  Improve collections by taking visit and account payments at check-in
•  Embedded Claim/ERA services w/auto-posting keeps cash moving
the  operational data choice
•    Speedily generate patient lists and reminders to communicate with 
the right audience
•    Benchmark yourself with built-in Performance and Clinical Quality 
Measure Dashboards
•  Interrogate your financial health with comprehensive reporting

McKesson Practice Choice Pricing:

Pricing starts at $249 for a basic system per month, up to $399 per month for the complete package.
There are other incidental options that do cost extra per month, if you choose to subscribe to these services.
Training and implementation costs are not included, please call for details.

For more info please call us at 888-691-8058 or 941-743-6666