This week Cal-Med signed up with the Drummond Group to start the testing process to become a certified EMR software solution. The Drummond Group is a recognized certifying body by the federal government.



We are very pleased to announce this news and are looking forward to the process of testing and becoming fully certified to meet the government stimulus requirements. 

The first available date for testing with the Drummond Group is August 19th, 2011. Cal-Med has locked in this testing date and will start testing on that day. 

Cal-Med has taken precise steps to...

 June 30th is almost here and along with that date comes the  first deadline for the Medicare eRx reporting period. Under the  Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008  (MIPPA), eligible providers can participate in the Medicare  eRx incentive program. Listed on the CMS website is a guide on  how to get started. As a reminder eligible providers need to  have sent at least 10 e-scripts to qualify for the eRx. 

To participate with the eRx incentive, eligible providers need to add the G-Code to their Medicare claims for patient encounters. 

G- Code - G8553 For the G-Code to be valid it also needs to be listed with one of the following procedure codes. ...

It always seems like there's not enough hours in the day to fit everything in. Well these time saving keys may not bring you more hours to your day but they will save you time on pulling up routine items that you access daily within the Cal-Med Practice Expert software. 



Practice Expert Shortcut Keys

CTRL + A = Patient Appointment List

CTRL + D = Detailed Daily Ledger 

CTRL + E = Edit Patient Registration

CTRL + F = Primary Claim Form

CTRL + G = General Appointments 

CTRL + I = Line Item Ledger

CTRL + J = Adjustment Posting

CTRL + K = Service Line Posting

CTRL + L = Patient Ledger 

CTRL + M = Labels Processor

CTRL + N = Notes for One Patient

CTRL + O = Pending Messages

CTRL + P = Payments & Write-offs

CTRL + Q = New Call Message

CTRL + R = Register New Patient

CTRL + S = Schedule Patient Appointment 

CTRL + T = Patient Statement

CTRL + U = Line Item Posting 

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