The Year In Review - Happy Holidays!

It was a big year for CloudPractice! 

Happy Holidays from CloudPractice!

Our billing software ClinicAid was launched into two new provinces; BC and Ontario with a great response from all of our new users. In BC, ClinicAid is directly integrated with MSP's Teleplan allowing physicians to validate patient PHN's in real time, check eligibility for yearly procedures, and submit claims directly to MSP, WCB, and ICBC.

Our Ontario launch has also been hugely successful as we have made it easier than ever to submit invoices to OHIP. Any physician using ClinicAid can submit directly to MCEDT with just their GoSecure details, so they will no longer have to deal with batching invoices, and time consuming uploads and downloads and reconciliations. We handle it all, automatically.

Announcing integration with Leading Optometry EHR

ClinicAid is proud today to announce our integration with RevolutionEHR the leading cloud-based provider of practice management and electronic health record software for the optometric community for medical claims submission in British Columbia.

The full press release can be read here.

Why documentation is important for Alberta's physicians | ClinicAid blog

The new Schedule of Medical Benefits that was released by the Alberta Medical Association and came into effect on April 1st, 2014 reiterated the importance of proper documentation for all patient encounters. It also added an extra rule that requires physicians to record the time spent providing time-based services for each day of service. This time log should be kept chronologically and be part of the physician's documentation of patient encounters.

Proper documentation is important for personal record keeping, but also for reviews conducted by the Alberta Health Program Monitoring and Compliance Unit. In order to keep sufficient documentation of patient encounters, try these tips:

1. Purchase a small notebook and writing tool (pen/pencil) that can easily fit in a pocket. You should keep this notebook with you at all times to quickly record and track phone calls and encounters, as well as log time spent performing time-based services.* 
2. Record how many times you are speaking with facility staff about a patient. These calls are often missed in charts and are overlooked.
3. Record every patient encounter in the patient's chart. Include the visits that have been billed on a cumulative time basis, callbacks, or multiple encounters on the same day. EMR systems can be particularly useful for these records, as well as keeping time logs for patients. 

*Some physicians might find a time management app most useful for keeping track of time-based services. Apps that can produce printable or downloadable records are especially useful.

Proper record-keeping will be useful for billing purposes, but are also extremely important for any audits or billing reviews that may occur. Documenting patient encounters accurately should become second nature to a physician in order to ensure all details are provided, while also making sure billing opportunities are not missed. Claims that are often missed are for phone calls with patients.

More tips on documentation methods and specific requirements for time logs can be found on the Alberta Medical Association's website.

ClinicAid Billing Integration with Oscar EMR | The ClinicAid Blog

Did you know that ClinicAid integrates with the OSCAR EMR system?

When we created ClinicAid, we aimed to build an efficient medical billing software for Canadian physicians and medical professionals. As many electronic medical record (EMR) users will attest to, the billing functionality of most EMR systems leave a lot to be desired and are often quite complex and confusing. That's why we also wanted to build ClinicAid in such a way as to offer a simple alternative that could take care of medical billing for Canadian healthcare providers while also easily integrating with one of Canada's most popular electronic health records systems, OSCAR EMR.

The integration with Oscar allows ClinicAid's interface to automatically load from the various billing links. It's built in such a way as to pull in the patient's demographic information from their Oscar demographic master file so data input is minimal. Using ClinicAid for billing will make the process of creating and submitting claims easier and faster as all that will need to be completed are service codes, fee modifiers, and diagnostic codes.

Because ClinicAid is automated, claims files will no longer need to be generated and submitted or uploaded or downloaded, and remittance files received from the provincial Ministry of Health are loaded into the interface automatically as well. Changes can be made directly to any bills that require action. This medical billing software will help practitioners in Alberta, Ontario, and BC streamline and simplify their billing and bill patients in their EMR system in the most efficient way. You can also visit our YouTube channel for a video demonstration of ClinicAid's Oscar integration.

Besides the integration we've built for Oscar, we're also able to create an integration with other EMR and EHR systems to ensure billing is done quickly, easily, and effectively. If you'd like to find out more about integrating ClinicAid with your system, contact us.

If you're interested in getting the Oscar EMR set up in your clinic, visit JunoEMR.com to find out more about hosting, support, and training services!