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Help and advice on running a successful practice, from the experts at the American Academy of Ophthalmic Executives. Articles featured in the AAOE's Practice Management Express email newsletter.

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Lesson Learned: Steps to Prevent Adverse Drug Reactions in Your Patients

SEP 03, 2019 By Mary Becka in EHRs, Medical Records, Practice Operations, Risk Management

In AAOE's recurring series, "Lesson Learned," practice administrator and immediate past AAOE board chair Mary Becka shares the story of one of her practice's employees, whose family member tragically passed away due to what is believed to have been an allergic reaction to IC…

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Cloud Computing for Ophthalmology

JUN 04, 2019 By Jeffery Daigrepont in EHRs

Cloud computing is a growing force in health care. As health care providers evaluate the benefits and disadvantages of cloud-based solutions, several adoption strategies are emerging. Implementing the right strategy is critical when determining your future readiness, especia…

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Share EHR Feedback at Nov. 12 User-Group Sessions

SEP 22, 2017 in EHRs, AAOE Program Highlights

The Academy and AAOE are collaborating on a series of five vendor-specific electronic health record sessions, Nov. 12, during AAO 2017 in New Orleans. The user-group sessions will enable in-depth discussion and feedback.

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Revenue-Cycle Management and EHRs

JAN 17, 2017 in AAOE Program Highlights, EHRs, Financial Management

EHRs can be a powerful tool for facilitating billing and collection. On the other hand, ineffective use of EHRs can distort services and complicate payer relations (and collections) for services that you provide. Learn to improve your revenue cycle and operations under the v…

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Surviving and Thriving in a Small Practice

APR 21, 2016 in Regulatory, EHRs, Alternative Payment Models, Buying, Selling, Merging Practices, Practice Operations

How do solo and small group practices succeed amid significant changes to Medicare and other federal programs? This expert panel during Mid-Year Forum 2016 discussed several practice models and how ophthalmologists can successfully adapt.

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Using Your Electronic Health Record for Efficient ICD-10 Coding

FEB 24, 2016 in EHRs, AAOE Program Highlights

Upgrading to ICD-10-CM is one of the most challenging transitions to face health care in decades. Those using EHRs may find solutions that streamline this process but may also discover new barriers to their clinic efficiency.

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Revenue Cycle Management and EHRs

FEB 24, 2016 in AAOE Program Highlights, Billing, EHRs

EHRs can be a powerful tool for facilitating billing and collections. But ineffective use of EHRs can distort services and complicate payer relations (and collections) for services that you provide. Learn how to capitalize on EHRs to improve your revenue cycle and operations…

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Best of E-Talk: Editing EHRs After the Fact

OCT 09, 2015 in Best of E-Talk, EHRs

Question: If, while auditing chart documentation, I notice that something has been entered incorrectly or omitted from an electronic health record (EHR), what is the best way to show the correction? Our EHR does not allow us to go back and edit a document that has been saved…

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Revenue Cycle Management and EHRs

FEB 22, 2015 By Ron Sterling, Principal Consultant, Sterling Solutions, Ltd. in EHRs, Billing

Migrating from today’s fee-for-service–focused model to the hybrid model of tomorrow will require a new look at the activities you track in your EHR and may complicate the relationship between EHR-based medical records and billing activities.

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Patient Portals and Ophthalmology

FEB 01, 2015 By Ron Sterling, Principal Consultant, Sterling Solutions, Ltd. in EHRs

Patient portals are a mission-critical patient service tool needed by every ophthalmology practice. More practices are using patient portals to fulfill their Stage 2 Meaningful Use requirements, and more patients are discovering that they like their convenience and flexibili…

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Simplifying EHR Security Audits

OCT 20, 2014 in AAOE Program Highlights, EHRs

A key part of meeting the Meaningful Use compliance requirement is conducting a risk assessment. There is considerable confusion in the market regarding how complex of an audit is needed / required. At a fundamental level, it leverages what has been established under the Hea…

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Improving Workflow With EHR

OCT 20, 2014 in EHRs, AAOE Program Highlights

Prime concerns of practices implementing EHR systems are the possibilities of slower workflow, loss of productivity, and a negative financial return on investment. To address these concerns it is important to consider the many workflows in your practice and how they might ch…

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Increasing the Productivity and Profitability of Your Practice and ASC Through EHR

FEB 01, 2014 By Albert Castillo in EHRs

Recent AAOE and OOSS surveys calculate that about 40 percent of practices have converted to a qualified EHR and 58 percent of ASCs are interested in adding or converting to EHR in the near future. Conversion to EHR can be a daunting task; it is a huge undertaking for any pra…

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Surviving a Meaningful Use Audit

JAN 02, 2014 By Mary Becka in Medical Records, EHRs

You monitor your meaningful use numbers religiously. You complete the data for 90 days (or one year). You attest successfully according to the CMS website. You patiently wait for your promised money. Then, the e-mail comes saying you have been chosen for an audit. Besides ye…

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Preparing Your Clinical Staff for Electronic Health Records

NOV 01, 2012 By Michelle R Sisson COT in EHRs

The challenges of moving to EHR are great and varied. In this article, we’ll focus on preparing clinical staff — technicians, assistants, scribes and nurses — for this significant undertaking.

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Consultants and Electronic Health Records Implementation

FEB 01, 2011 By Julia Lee, JD in EHRs

Electronic health records (EHR) implementation is one of those projects with multiple moving parts, high stakes and an even higher learning curve. Most practices are facing the challenge of transitioning from paper charts to EHR for the first time and likely have limited exp…

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