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What Every Help Desk Needs for Successful EHR Management

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A well organized and well managed help desk can make a huge difference in the overall success of the relationship between a customer and the Electronic Health Record (EHR) vendor. In order for a help desk to truly support the immediate needs of a customer, it must have excellent staffing and well-defined processes that are … Read more

Getting Paid for Services Delivered Is A Core Competency

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I have worked in healthcare service delivery for over twenty years, and during that time, I’ve worked with a lot of clients regarding their electronic health record (EHR) requirements. Many companies offered “revenue cycle management” or “outsourced billing” and personally, I’ve never thought this was a good idea for most organizations. As the behavioral health … Read more

CMS Releases Final Rule for Quality Payment Program: Tips and Sources to Receive a Positive Adjustment

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In November, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services released the Final Rule for the second year of the Quality Payment Program (QPP). The purpose of the Quality Payment Program is to incentivize, and improve, quality of care by setting into place payment adjustments based on the data reported to CMS. In an effort to … Read more

How EHR Can Help Manage Opioid Addiction Treatment

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Deaths due to opioid addiction have risen to an all-time high. Within the last week, the President declared the opioid crisis a “health emergency”, with health officials across the country calling it an epidemic. An article in Harvard Business Review, sites that the opioid epidemic “now kills almost 100 Americans each day, more than motor … Read more

Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics Will Improve Overall Health for Medicaid & Medicare Recipients

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As the idea of Certified Community Behavioral Healthcare Clinics (CCBHC) matures, we will see leading organizations moving toward this type of structure. This type of client-focused attention and coordination will improve the overall health of the Medicaid/Medicare population by integrating primary care, establishing evidence-based practices, and actively coordinating services outside of their four walls.

Technology Fuels Innovation at Streamline Healthcare Solutions

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Changes in technology are dramatically transforming the landscape of the healthcare field.

“Technology is going to go faster and faster and faster,” said David Ryland, Co-CEO of Streamline Healthcare Solutions. “Our job is to think about where technology is going and to make sure we deliver and leverage that technology for the end-user.”

Deinstitutionalization: We Must Move Faster to Create Better Community Care for Those with Chronic Mental Illness

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Just over one year ago, the Boston Globe wrote a powerful article entitled, The Desperate and the Dead: Community Care – State mental hospitals were closed to give people with mental illness greater freedom — but it increased the risk they would get no care at all. This article discusses the lack of community care … Read more

Streamline Healthcare Solutions Launches New Blog

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Welcome to the Streamline blog! We want to engage our customers with all of the tools that we have to be sure we are listening to you as well as communicating with you as effectively as possible. Here, we will share with you new features of our software as well as insights into best practices. … Read more