Category Archives: Practice Management Software

Trizetto Credentialing

Problems associated with improper or incomplete credentialing include: Revenue lossRetroactive billingClaims deniedPayer drops providerPatient satisfaction decline DBC’s partner, Trizetto has a credentialing solution called Pulse. Discover a faster, simpler route to credentialing and payer enrollments with the help of TriZetto Provider Solutions. Whether your practice needs to gain or maintain enrollments, let us tackle the elephant in the room with our end-to-end ...READ MORE »

Yearend Close Legacy ASPC Users only!

Posted by Russ Thompson

Yearend Close – Legacy Program Only! Please read all instructions fully before beginning the year end closing process. CLOSING THE YEAR: AS/PC® Following are the instructions for closing the current year. Your accounting year does not have to coincide with the calendar year. You can close the year after any month-end. AS/PC will require that the current year be closed after twelve ...READ MORE »

CMS will deny unspecified ICD-10 codes on October 1, 2016.

Posted by Russ Thompson

CMS Grace Period for unspecified ICD-10 codes comes to an end on October 1, 2016. When use of the ICD-10 codes began just one year ago, we all greeted it’s arrival holding our collective breath. As it turned out, it really wasn’t all that bad. CMS did their homework, as did vendors and professional organizations in making crosswalks and ...READ MORE »

New Updates to AS/PC Complete Practice Management System

Posted by Russ Thompson

New Updates to Practice Management System provides easier payment processing and improved reporting • The visit counter for the clinic totals daysheet has been updated to more accurately reflect multiple patient visits within any given time period. Depending upon the reporting interval (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.) prior versions may have aggregated multiple same-patient visits as a single visit. • Doctor Case Pin ...READ MORE »

New Version Available AS/PC Complete 3.0.481

Posted by Russ Thompson

AS/PC Complete – New Look – Improved Functionality If you have questions about the changes in this new version please give our Technical Support team a call at 610-820-0440 – Option 1 or open at ticket from Help/ Open Support Ticket within the program or simply here to get Epic Support – for your Practice Management Software. Complete ...READ MORE »

Updated Trading Partner Agreement

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Our new agreement can be found here: www collaboration tools.dbconsultants.com/business associate agreement.docx

How to Avoid Meaningful Use Penalties

Posted by Russ Thompson

We are encouraging providers to consider making application for the “2017 Medicare EHR Incentive Program Payment Adjustment Hardship Exception” Before March 15, 2016 and here’s why……. On January 29, 2016, CMS posted a Payment Adjustment Hardship Exception FAQ discussing how providers may/should apply for a hardship exception from Medicare reimbursement adjustments for 2017 based upon the late release of the “Final Rule”. We are ...READ MORE »

Better collection policies with AS/PC Complete!

Posted by Russ Thompson

For decades I have been espousing the virtues of correct accounting methods to our customers. Many offices, with no real training in accounting, have created some real messes for themselves and unknowingly hindered the very collection goals they sought to improve. Central to the efficacy of good collection policy is eliminating confusion. Studies (by MGMA) and others show that 71% ...READ MORE »

EHR Attestation Tips for DB Consultants’ Chiro QuickCharts

Posted by Russ Thompson

EHR Attestation Tips for Chiro QuickCharts Thank you for asking about CMS Certified Electronic Health Records Technology Incentive Program Attestation requirements and procedures. Unfortunately, we are not experts with the attestation procedure, but, we can offer the following guidelines: Submit in time: Attestations for the 2015 program year will be accepted from January 4, 2016 through February 29, 2016. Attestation period: This must ...READ MORE »

Secure Email for Meaningful Use by DB Consultants

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Secure Email for Meaningful Use by DB Consultants for Chiropractors If you want to set up secure email thru EMR Direct, please know that you have until tomorrow – Wednesday, December 16 to get the forms notarized and into overnight mail to EMR Direct if you want to get your account set up before the end of the year. The drop dead ...READ MORE »