Expanded Section 179 Means Major Tax Breaks on Computer and Software Purchases

The “Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015” (PATH Act) has been passed by both the House and Senate and will be signed into law – it expands the Section 179 deduction limit to $500,000.  Businesses can take advantage of these legal tax incentives to help lower their operating costs. The Section 179 Deduction is a tax incentive that is easy to use,

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.

CMS Meaningful Use Glitch Might be Costly for Physicians

A technical glitch in the reporting system of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services meaningful use (MU) program could be costly for physicians.

A CMS rule, published Aug. 29, let Electronic Heath Records (EHR) users show compliance with the meaningful use program using older forms of software technology, provided they comply  by Oct.

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 –

EHR Use Grows

As the healthcare industry transitions from paper-based to paperless records, adoption of EHRs (Electronic Health Records) continue to grow.  EHRs are the software systems that hold all of the digital data – personal information, medical data, etc. that comprise a medical record for a patient. In 2009 the US federal government earmarked $27 billion to encourage US healthcare providers to make the switch and the UK followed suit with 2018 being the date for the public healthcare network to be entirely paper free.

EMR Provider Microwize Technology Announces Medisoft Cloud

PARAMUS, N.J., July 6, 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 Medisoft Cloud. With no upfront investments, access to a knowledgeable support staff and low flat monthly prices starting at $69* per month per user,

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.