Recently some new, online companies have emerged, offering their “Free” Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems (for as long as the Stimulus funds will pick up the tab). Many of these services are hosted in other countries not regulated by HIPAA (regardless of what they claim). In just a few years when they begin to charge exorbitant fees to continue using their services, what will the practices do? Will they be able to retrieve their records, x-ray images, lab results, prescription records, appointments and more? Not to mention the months they will spend starting over from scratch! Perhaps most critical is, how will doctors explain to their patients why their identity information was entrusted to a cloud-based service? Even the CIA and SONY’s websites were hacked into last week!
GOOD NEWS - There actually IS a possibility of qualifying for you own EHR and Practice Management (PM) system with very little, if any money out of your pocket. Several of our financing partners offer ZERO percent financing with NO payments due for TWELVE months. That gives you more than enough time to purchase an ONC-ATCB fully certified EHR system including hardware, implementation and training, conduct your attestation testing for Meaningful Use and receive ARRA Stimulus Funds BEFORE your first finance payment is due! Remember, the Medicare reimbursement is based on your billing, NOT the cost of your software. This means that you could receive up to $44,000 for EACH qualifying provider at your practice!
When YOU own the system, all records are kept under YOUR control in your office. AltaPoint EHR is ONC-ATCB Certified by The Drummond Group to satisfy Meaningful Use requirements for Stage 1, as listed on the government’s Certified Health IT List In addition to its low cost and ease of use, there are no annual fees, no hidden fees, no support contracts and no down-time. It converts your Medisoft data automatically so that you are up and running within 48 hours. Demo can be downloaded here.
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