Practicing Prevention in Physician Offices Preventing Medicare Consumers from Getting Sick The prevention of major illness is the first step in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. It seems so simple, yet every day Medicare consumers who can and should get screenings and vaccinations don’t. There is a very real need for more effective strategies for delivering preventive medicine to those who need it the most.

In the 9th Scope of Work, we are helping health care providers to use their electronic health record systems to implement care management processes to improve the rate of patients that receive:

Breast & colorectal cancer screenings 
Influenza & pneumococcal immunizations 

To subscribe to the physician listserv, a discussion forum that utilizes e-mail as its means of communication, follow this link. The listserv is for providers participating in the Pennsylvania Physician Office Prevention Project.

Download our EHR Implementation Toolkit:
 
Practice Readiness Assessment Form
Initial Assessment Tool Test
Billing/Accounts Receivable Management Workflow
Clinical Workflow
Lab/Test Results Workflow
Master List of Forms Claims Management Workflow
Master List of Forms Prescription Renewal Workflow
Practice Workflow Examples PowerPoint
Request for Proposal
RFP Cost Spreadsheet
License Matrix Costs
Vendor Evaluation Matrix
5-Year Cost Comparison
Scanning and Backloading Worksheet
Final Systems Review Assessment
Post EHR Implementation Assessment



 
 Scam AlertCMS has become aware of a scam where perpetrators are sending faxes to physician offices posing as the Medicare carrier or Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC). The fax instructs physician staff to respond to a questionnaire to provide an account information update within 48 hours in order to prevent a gap in Medicare payments. The fax may have the CMS logo and/or the contractor logo to enhance the appearance of authenticity.


 FDA Approves Flu Vaccine for 2009/2010 Season

Visit Medicare's new Web site to find out about the Medicare and Medicaid incentives for electronic health records adoption as provided for in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. You will find:

  • A fact sheet
  • A press release about meaningful data
  • Privacy and security resources

Download Medicare's Practical Guide to the E-Prescribing Incentive Program