Like Adam, I had a PM (Medisoft) before AC. Like Jack, I couldn't wait for AC to get their own PM so I could ditch my Medisoft. During my 3 year wait, I've come to realize that having 2 separate systems isn't all that bad, and for me, may be preferable. Although I pick my own ICD-9s and CPTs in AC, it is my in-house biller who dots the i's and crosses the t's (adds modifiers, insures the proper units get recorded, etc.) and the result of that is that I am billing at full capacity with hardly a rejection. It's not really a hardship on the practice since AC, and EMRs in general, have forced me to take on more and more of the menial tasks I used to pay people to perform. Since purchasing an EMR has allowed me to hone my nascent skills as a transcriptionist, coder, Rx refiller, lab reviewer and occasional scheduler, I can't imagine what opportunities for career advancement an integrated PM module would provide me. So, for now, I'm content to do just everything in the office except billing. Call me lazy.
PS. Adam is right. Get a PM. Sage sounds good.
Dave
FP
