Greenway Named Top EHR Vendor

According to a recently released study, Greenway Health is now the top ranked electronic health record (EHR) vendor for customer satisfaction among primary care physicians. As an article on Practice of the Future reveals, Greenway Health ranked first across all surveyed primary care electronic health records systems in the category of PRIVATE/INDEPENDENT PHYSICIANS.

ICD-10 – Easy as 1,2,3

October 1, 2015 – less than a month away and the ICD-10 transition will be one of the largest healthcare transitions ever seen in the US. The switch will affect all healthcare providers and patients – it is an across the board switch, so providers are all ‘in it together’ focusing on the switch and the planning the implementation.

EMR Provider Microwize Technology Announces Lytec Cloud

PARAMUS, N.J., August 3, 2015  Microwize Technology – a Healthcare IT firm providing Electronic Medical Records and Medical Billing software and healthcare IT solutions –  located in Paramus, New Jersey announces the release of Lytec Cloud. With no upfront investments, access to a knowledgeable support staff and low flat monthly prices starting at $69 per month (billing and scheduling only) or $99 per month (full suite –

EMR Provider Microwize Technology Acquires Medinet

PARAMUS, N.J., June 24, 2015  Microwize Technology – a firm providing electronic medical records software, healthcare IT solutions, and electronic billing – located in Paramus, New Jersey recently acquired Medinet of DeVault, Pennsylvania making it the second acquisition in the last three years. Microwize Technology has been helping healthcare professionals since 1997 and their implementation success rate exceeds the national standard by three times.

ONC Releases Interoperability Roadmap Comments

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is a staff division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (ONC).  They recently published nearly 250 public comments that it received regarding the draft of its nationwide interoperability roadmap. The comment period was open for 90 days and ended on May 1, 2015.

Data Breach at Three Hospitals in Bergen County NJ

The Valley Hospital, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, and Holy Name Medical Center all use Medical Management LLC of North Carolina for emergency department physician billing.  An employee who worked at this company from February 2013 through March 2015 was passing on the names, Social Security numbers and birth dates of patients at these three facilities. 

How MACRA Affects Medicare?

On April 16th, President Obama signed into law the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA CMS reform). This historic Medicare Reform has several very important effects on Medicare.

The legislation permanently repeals the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), creates a framework for rewarding clinicians for value over volume,

Report Shows 25% of Small Practices Feel Stuck with Current EMR

If you are unhappy with your EMR, you are not alone. A recent report from a study of over 750 small practices (practice with 1-10 physicians) performed by KLAS shows that a quarter of these practices feel that they are stuck with their EMR even though it does not meet their expectations, or are planning to change their EMR.