Does anybody here want to post some estimates or actual figures on how much it costs to get started with Amazing Charts?
This is one of the favorite topics on this forum since so many solo practices need help setting up their initial configuration. $10,000 is about right for a solid, reliable setup for a non-IT physician that doesn't have time to tweak or play too much with their systems.
I had to start from scratch when the AC support staff told me they didn't have a recommended configuration or documentation. Hopefully, putting these configurations out there on the forum will help others so they don't have to start from scratch too.
In my previous post, I did a couple shopping lists on newegg.com:
http://amazingcharts.com/ub/ubbthre...ds=&topic=0&Search=true#Post5896Basically, buying hardware & software can run a practice anywhere from about $5000-8500. There are a couple levels at which you could purchase, depending on your available cash flow.
Add to this the cost of AC itself at $1500, you get a range between $6500 and $10000. This does not include installation. I assume that you will do that yourself with help from this forum.
For our practice, we chose the $10,000 option to initially implement the AC EHR. This was spread across about 4 months (with AC being the last payment we made).
When you use an outside billing service like AC's or others, you don't need to spend upfront for a practice management system. Rather, it is spread out at about 5% of your receivables. This decision depends much on your willingness to learn about credentialing and collections from insurance companies. We chose to leverage a billing company.
