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To avoid penalties of 1% of on Medicare Part B Fee-for-Service revenue in 2012, physicians must ePrescribe on at least 10 unique Medicare encounters by June 30, 2011. The G8553 ePrescribing procedure code must be submitted on all associated claims.

To qualify for a 1% bonus on Medicare revenue in 2011 under MIPAA (Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act) and avoid a 1.5% penalty in 2013, physicians must ePrescribe on a total of at least 25 unique Medicare encounters by the end of 2011. I would recommend, setting the bar a little higher to be on the safe side and guard against claims filed under the wrong primary.

Please note that eligible physicians aiming to achieve Stage 1 Meaningful Use in 2011 and collect electronic health record (EHR) incentive money under ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) cannot collect ePrescribing incentive dollars under MIPPA during the same reporting period. This may lead some to elect 2012 as their first EHR incentive payment year.

One of MBA HealthGroup’s largest Allscripts partnered implementation clients, NorthShore Long Island Jewish(NSLIJ), receives recognition for building a connected community of health in the state of New York.  MBA HealthGroup has been working with NSLIJ, the nation’s second-largest, non-profit, secular health system and thousands of their community affiliated physicians to roll out and support Allscripts Enterprise EHR and PM across Long Island.

Boston, MA, September 7, 2010

MBA HealthGroup, a leading provider of electronic medical record implementation and healthcare consulting services in New England, has been selected by the Massachusetts e-Health Institute, a division of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, as a Certified Implementation Optimization Organization to assist with increasing adoption of electronic medical records statewide. The services provided by MBA HealthGroup will provide primary care physicians with the guidance they need to implement an electronic medical record (EMR) and to prove “Meaningful Use” in order to qualify for up to $63,750 per physician in additional reimbursements from Medicare and Medicaid.

The Massachusetts e-Health Institute was awarded $13.4 million in federal stimulus funding to assist physicians in taking the necessary steps to an EMR. This includes a federal subsidy of up to $4,500 per priority primary care provider to implement EMRs.

“We are pleased to have MBA HealthGroup join our select list of certified health IT companies that will help thousands of health care providers across Massachusetts successfully transition to electronic health records,” said Rick Shoup, Ph.D., Director of the Massachusetts e-Health Institute. “Widespread deployment of electronic health records leads to better quality care for patients, reduces health care costs and spurs new jobs in the health care industry.”

“MBA HealthGroup is focused on helping physicians break down the barriers to EMR implementation and clearly defining the necessary steps towards achieving ‘Meaningful Use’. With such a large number of physicians in Massachusetts practicing in small physician groups, it is important to empower them with the knowledge to make the right decisions for their patients and their practice,” said Ethan Bechtel, Chief Operating Officer of MBA HealthGroup.

About Massachusetts eHealth Institute

The Massachusetts e-Health Institute (MeHI), a division of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, is the state-designated entity for health care innovation, technology and competitiveness. Established by Governor Patrick and the Massachusetts Legislature in Chapter 305 of the Acts of 2008, MeHI is responsible for advancing the dissemination of health information across the Commonwealth, including the deployment of EHR systems in all healthcare provider settings that are networked through a statewide HIE. For more information on MeHI, go towww.maehi.org.

About MBA HealthGroup

MBA HealthGroup is a leading health information technology and consulting services company with clients across the country ranging from single physician practices to large health systems. The company has worked with thousands of physicians transitioning to electronic health records. MBA HealthGroup also offers EHR implementation and support, healthcare consulting, EHR/PM hosting, revenue cycle management and billing services. For more information on MBA HealthGroup, go to http://www.mbahealthgroup.com

The Allscripts Client Experience in Las Vegas from August 5th-7th, 2010 was a huge success for MBA HealthGroup.  If you stopped by our booth to say “Hi!”, we’d like to thank you for giving us a chance to tell you a little about how we can help your organization.  If you remember, our booth also said “Every great partnership starts with an introduction”, so we’re looking forward to creating some great partnerships in 2010 and into 2011!

If you’re an Allscripts client that talked to us at ACE, click here for a summary of what we can do for you.

We’re packing our stuff up and moving out to Las Vegas for our favorite healthcare conference of the year, the Allscripts Client Experience, 2010!  Stop by our booth and pick up a button.  Each button has a number on it, some are lucky numbers, some aren’t so lucky.  The lucky numbers will have a chance to win an iPad, a gift card or two, and a bunch of other MBA HealthGroup giveaways.

We’re looking forward to our first time exhibiting at ACE! Hopefully we see you there!

MBA HealthGroup, the leading provider of electronic health record services in Vermont, announced today that Vermont Information Technology Leaders, Inc. (VITL), the non-profit health information exchange and Vermont’s only Regional Extension Center, has selected MBA HealthGroup as a VITL Preferred Partner.

VITL’s role in Vermont is to improve quality and efficiency of Vermont’s healthcare system through the use of health information technology, and the partnership between VITL and MBA HealthGroup will allow both organizations to collaborate in the interest of increasing the utilization of health information technology to improve patient care. MBA HealthGroup’s expertise in EHR implementation, training, support, and hosting as well as practice management and revenue cycle management will allow them to work with VITL to assist physicians in their transformation from a paper to an electronic world.

“We’re right here in Vermont. We’ve been working with Vermont physicians for twenty years, and spent the last five years helping them implement electronic health records. Now, with a connection to VITL, physicians can begin really using the data within their EHR, as well as the data that exists for any patient across Vermont,” said Ethan Bechtel, Director of Strategy for MBA HealthGroup. “We’re excited to be able to help physician practices achieve ‘Meaningful Use’, and begin sharing data statewide through VITL’s health information exchange. Our goal is and has always been to improve patient care wherever we can, so this is a great opportunity for us to use technology to achieve that goal.”

See the press release here: http://www.prweb.com/releases/electronic-health-records/mba-healthgroup/prweb4048394.htm

In January, 2010, our team of Allscripts EHR experts has completed their certification from Allscripts in “Advanced Interface Education”, which will allow us to develop and maintain all Allscripts interfaces in our own environment in addition to other Allscripts clients across the country.

Vermont Receives National Award for Physician e-Prescribing Thanks to Efforts by Local Healthcare Firm

Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) June 22, 2009 — The State of Vermont was awarded “Most Improved State in E-Prescribing” at the 4th Annual Safe-Rx Awards on Monday, June 22 in Washington D.C. The Safe-Rx Award recognizes how e-prescribing enhances patient safety by providing a more secure, accurate and informed prescribing process. Governor Jim Douglas was in attendance as one of several presenters and as the recipient of Vermont’s award. Governor Douglas was accompanied by Sandra Bechtel and Lauren Parker, founders of MBA HealthGroup. MBA HealthGroup is the largest implementation, support, and hosting provider of Electronic Health Records to Vermont physicians.

MBA HealthGroup was recognized by SureScripts for being a key contributor to Vermont’s e-prescribing success in its State Progress Report on E-Prescribing, a summary of key Vermont e-prescribing statistics from 2006 to 2008. “The e-prescribing solutions MBA HealthGroup has rolled out in Vermont have not only improved upon the patient experience, but have made it safer to be a patient in Vermont. The sooner every physician in this country is e-prescribing, the better off we’ll all be as patients” said MBA HealthGroup CEO Sandra Bechtel.

“E-Prescribing has been an easy way to improve patient care through automatic allergy and drug interaction warnings, and quickly facilitates prescription writing and refills” said Dr. Joe Haddock, a practicing Vermont physician at Thomas Chittenden Health Center in Williston, VT.

The Safe RX Awards is hosted by Surescripts, which is the nation’s largest electronic prescribing network. Surescripts created the Safe-Rx Awards to recognize the outstanding leadership shown by states and stakeholders across the country that have helped to make the prescribing process as safe and efficient as possible. The Awards also serve to educate the public about the role of technology in prescribing medications and the benefits for patients, pharmacists and physicians.

MBA HealthGroup is a full-service healthcare firm that specializes in healthcare consulting, medical billing/revenue cycle management, e-prescribing solutions, and electronic health records implementation and support services. For almost two decades, MBA HealthGroup has provided solutions to physicians, medical practices, and hospitals throughout the country.

For Immediate Release
March 30, 2008

Contact: David Mace (802) 828-5229

MBA HealthGroup Celebrates New Offices, National Doctors Day

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – Governor Jim Douglas took time to thank Vermont’s doctors for their work and congratulate a health care information firm on its growth at a Sunday ceremony.

Speaking at the new South Burlington offices of MBA HealthGroup, the Governor recognized the company’s expansion and the contributions of Vermont’s doctors.

MBA HealthGroup is a full-service healthcare firm specializing in electronic medical records, medical billing, and healthcare consulting. MBA serves physicians, medical practices, and hospitals in more than 17 states throughout the country.

Governor Jim Douglas praising MBA HealthGroup

The company was founded by President and CEO Sandra Bechtel, and Chief Executive Director and Vice President Lauren Parker in 1990 and has now grown to 44 full-time employees with offices in Montpelier and South Burlington.

“We are very pleased to be a growing part of Vermont’s health care infrastructure, and to join Governor Douglas in thanking our doctors for all they contribute to Vermont’s quality of life,” Bechtel said. “Our employees are proud to provide them with the finest tools to assist them in improving the quality of patient care.”

MBA HealthGroup celebrated their new facility in Technology Park with an address on health care information technology by Laurie McGraw of Allscripts, one of the fastest growing companies in the U.S. and a Strategic Partner of MBA HealthGroup.

“Vermont has a very robust health care information sector, thanks in large part to the success of GE Health Care, formerly IDX Systems,” Governor Douglas said. “My administration is committed to growing the software development industry in Vermont, and MBA HealthGroup is a wonderful example of the potential for this sector.”

National Doctors Day traces its history back to 1933 when it was started by Eudora Brown Almond of Winder, Ga. The day marks the anniversary of the first use of general anesthesia in surgery on March, 30, 1842 in Danielsville, Ga., by Dr. Crawford Long.

Allscripts President of Clinical Solutions, Laurie McGraw joins us to discuss the electronic health record. (Left to Right: Sandra Bechtel, Laurie McGraw, Governor Douglas, Lauren Parker)

On March 30, 1958, the United States House of Representatives adopted a resolution commemorating Doctors Day, and in 1990 Congress approved legislation establishing National Doctors Day.