The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid has announced that six more states, including California have joined the Medicaid EHR incentive program for eligible providers that utilize an ONC Certified EMR System. 



This now gives providers the choice to choose between either the Medicare or Medicaid EHR incentive programs. The DHCS website has more information on the Medicaid incentive program. 



Medicare Incentive Paid Over 5 Years: $44,000 Medicaid Incentive Paid Over...

Moving on in our Meaningful Use Breakdown series we will take a closer look at the core measure two, Drug Interaction Checks. This core measure checks to see that the EP (Eligible Professionals) are using EMR technology in regards to checking medications that they are prescribing to patients for possible drug-drug and drug-allergy interactions. Attesting for this measure is a yes or no.  Yes = Drug-drug and drug-allergy interaction checks were turned on during the full 90 day reporting period.  No = Drug-drug and drug-allergy interaction checks were NOT turned on for the full 90 day reporting period. Within the EMR these alerts should automatically appear when an interaction is found. This feature is already included within the Practice Expert EMR. ...

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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