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Dr. Stern is CEO of Practice Velocity, the leading supplier of software and electronic medical records (EMR) for urgent care centers. In addition to operating the largest billing service company for urgent care, Practice Velocity provides EMR, medical coding, online patient registration, and practice management software to more than 800 urgent care centers in 49 states. With over 20 years experience in urgent care medicine, he is a partner in Physicians Immediate Care, operating 20 urgent care centers in Illinois, Oklahoma, & Nebraska. He is board-certified in internal medicine and is a certified professional coder (CPC). He speaks frequently on the topics of urgent care strategy, coding, billing and managed care contracting. He has been listed four times in the Castle-Connolly publication of Top Doctors in America. He has received a Lifetime Membership to the Urgent Care Association of America and served as a founding Director on the Board of Directors of UCAOA. You can read his regular column the Journal of Urgent Care Medicine. He welcomes your questions and comments about any aspect of urgent care medicine.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Learn How Meaningful Use Applies to Urgent Care

I mentioned in my last blog post that I would announce the date and time of a webinar I’m offering on the basics of the Medicare EHR incentive program. The details of the webinar have been finalized; it will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. CDT today (Wednesday, May 25).

During the webinar, I will provide an overview of the Medicare government stimulus program for EHR implementation. I will also review the stimulus program and how it applies to urgent care using Practice Velocity’s VelociDoc® Tablet EMR as a practical example of how you can use an EHR to capture those dollars for your practice.

Here’s a snapshot of the details:
What: FREE Webinar – “EMR Meaningful Use for Urgent Care”
When: 1 to 3 p.m. CDT Wednesday, May 25
You will learn:
• The basics of the incentive program
• Who qualifies
• What the regulations are
• How Practice Velocity’s VelociDoc® Tablet EMR meets those regulations
• How to sign up for the stimulus programs
How to register: Click here to register

1 comments:

  1. I think urgent care centers nowadays are really in demand by the public, since it plays a huge role in treating people with illness. If the doctors are too busy and unavailable they are the options and I think they done an excellent job for their services to the people.

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