Physician Services Company Announces Meaningful Use Service for Doctors

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., April 26 /PRNewswire/ — WorkSmart MD, a Florida based physician services company, announces the launch of Offsite Practice Support and Meaningful Use consulting services for doctors.

The company’s services facilitate cost effective and easy transition from paper-based medical records to electronic. On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed HITECH Act which includes provisions to promote meaningful use of Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology and authorizes incentive payments for providers that demonstrate meaningful use. In 2015, providers are expected to adopt and successfully utilize EHR in compliance with the meaningful use definition to avoid financial penalties under Medicare and Medicaid.

“The Government’s Stimulus program is a great way to help physician practices. The problem that we see over and over is that small practices don’t have access to the training, technology or support needed to be able to demonstrate meaningful use. Our solution is something we call Offsite Practice Support. Offsite Practice Support is the combination of EHR software to automate business process, EHR Advisors to help doctors use it, and A/R experts to help doctors increase revenue opportunities,” reports M. Jayson Meyer, CEO of WorkSmart MD.

For 9 years WorkSmart MD has been providing physician support services including compliance support with its HIPAA Rx Compliance Software and practice revenue optimization services. Through these services the company has been able to demonstrate consistent increases of 10% – 15% in physician cash flow. The company builds upon these services by integrating web-based electronic health records software and dedicated EHR experts to ensure meaningful use.

“Unlike software vendors our fees for electronic health records are based on performance. We have a vested interest in the success of our clients and realize that every practice is unique, no EHR solution is turn-key – Offsite Practice Support bridges the gap,” notes David VanderVoort, VP of Sales & Marketing.

WorkSmart MD, Inc. is a leading provider of Offsite Practice Support services to physicians. Since 2001 the Company has helped hundreds of physicians improve the financial performance of their practice. WorkSmart MD, Inc. was founded by entrepreneur M. Jayson Meyer who has been featured on the Oprah Winfrey show, CBS 48 hours, and in the Wall Street Journal.

www.worksmartmd.com

There are over 500 EHR vendors out there. Each trying to capture their piece of the market within the 5 year window. To me the very nature of “selling software” seems contradictory to demonstrating “meaningful use.” I mean, if you are in the software business what incentive do you have to work with a doctor and hold their hand through the implementation process of an electronic system?

I’m an IT consultant so our firm gets paid hourly rates to help with technology related issues. We have participated in close to 20 EMR implementations in small doctors offices. I’d say 75% of them have been absolute disasters. Typically, the failures are related to inadequate training, poor customization, and work flow related problems.

I saw this release about this “Offsite Practice Support” and I have to say I’m intrigued. It seems like someone might have finally figured out the right recipe for making this work in the small physician office. At our firm we’ve been talking about putting a service like this together because we see a definite need for it. We are IT people not EHR specialists. We have been looking for a solid EHR partner that focuses more on meaningful use than selling software. In my view these Offsite Practice Support services that this WorkSmart MD company has launched are exactly the services the Regional Extension Centers should be offering. I am a big fan of the Regional Extension Center concept but I have a hard time seeing it succeed.

Every day our physician clients are asking us what we recommend. It would be nice to have solid solutions that we have confidence in instead of the “egg on our face” we have had with so many EHR software companies.