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CE City – Payment Issues and Enrollment
If you enrolled in CE City during 2015 to meet the public health objective requirement for Meaningful Use, please be sure to pay your invoice in order for your CE City services to continue uninterrupted for the 2016 Meaningful Use reporting period.
Read MoreChange Healthcare and POMCO Claims
On December 17, 2015, POMCO released a bulletin stating they would no longer accept claims from Emdeon/Change Healthcare as of March 1, 2016.
Read MoreImportant STI Updates for February 2016
Please read the following news and updates as that may affect your office:
Read MoreElectronic Prior Authorization (ePA) of Medications Now Available
ChartMaker® Medical Suite 2016 now has the ability to submit prior authorization requests for medications electronically. This is extraordinary news as only a handful of EMRs are currently offering this functionality.
Read MoreBilling for Vaccines
Here are a few tips for billing vaccines (CPTs 90460 & 90461 Immunization codes through 18 years of age via any route of administration) Are you including all of the administration units for vaccine components? Knowing how many components are in each vaccine and adding the correct units for these codes will increase revenue when…
Read MoreHigh Deductible Plans and Patient Receivables
With the popularity of high deductible insurance plans it is now more important than ever to manage your patient receivables. By the time charges are entered and submitted, the EOB is processed, and patient bills are generated, it could take 30 to 60 days for you to receive payment for a service provided. The following…
Read MoreChartMaker® User Forum
STI is pleased to announce the launch of our new online Customer forum! STI is pleased to announce the launch of our new online Customer Forum. The ultimate goal of the forum is to encourage our clients and ChartMaker Medical Suite users to explore, connect and share with each other in order to become more efficient users…
Read MoreAlert! Meaningful Use Providers Must Upgrade Now
Physicians attesting for Meaningful Use Stage 1 or Stage 2 in 2015 must upgrade to the “ChartMaker 2016” version before December 29, 2015. Note: If you have not yet upgraded to ChartMaker 2016, please refer to the To-Do List notification in ChartMaker Medical Suite for more information on how to proceed with the upgrade.
Read MoreSTI Recently Certified for Electronic Prior Authorization (ePA)
STI has recently been certified for Electronic Prior Authorization (ePA). With this new feature in ChartMaker® Medical Suite, we hope to ease the administrative burden of medication prior authorizations (PA) for our clients.
Read MoreMeaningful Use Changes in 2015
STI Customers who are participating in the Meaningful Use Program. CMS has recently released a revision to the final rule and has modified the requirements of the program. One of the major changes is the reduction in the reporting period for this year.
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