Home Forums Discussions General Discussion any ideas on how to do this?

One of the local insurance companies will be soon be requiring me to upload data for patients. This like colonoscopy in certain age groups, diabetic eye exam, LDL less than 100 in diabetics etc.


I have to do this on every single patient who fits the criteria. Is there a way in AC that I can hit a pop up, click on whether they had a colonoscopy and put in the rest of the guidelines that have been done.
This way I don't have to ask the same 15 questions every time the patient comes in. I just click on ones that I need to update. OTW I have to ask every question every time even if they come in for the common cold every time.

There is the health maintenance section of AC where you can do some of this. You would then make a report based on health maintenance completed or due. You can also make up your own health maintenance rules as well.

For the LDL part, you would have to have your labs come in electronically via an interface to make a report.

What version of AC are you using?

6.3.3

I would second what Marty stated. You can run reports on HM to get the information you need. You might even be able to limit it to a particular insurance, I have not tried that.

Since you have to do extra work, what's in it for you?

Wendell,

FYI - You can limit your searches to patients with certain types of insurance.

Thank's, I have looked at it but never had to run reports on those areas.

A little late to this thread, but I have been dealing with this very problem. We are providers to an Independent Physician Association (IPA) that puts a requirment on us to complete at LEAST once a year, a survey of all of the active diagnosis, the pertinent screenings, immunizations and so on. We have to discuss and document the level of pain they have, the plan we have for it, the presence of an advanced directive in the chart and so on, ad nauseum.

Two things:

I use a template under HPI that addresses every one of the topics I must address, and then I just march thru them.

I use a template as the very first item under "past medical history" that says. "Annual Apple completed Sept 2013" (and in ten days I will modify the template to October.)

Finally, I work from a plain old paper print out from the insurance data which is stapled to the front of brown manilla folder. I check off the names when they are done, and my staff and I try to arrange to see the ones on the list that are not regularly seen.

I can go back later and manipulate the database by searching for the statement, "Annual Apple completed" in the search function.

(The IPA has the improbable name of "AppleCare Medical Group")

Hope this helped.

Look, I know this will fall on deaf ears.... But why respond at all? Who are they to "require" ? I toss those notices in the trash. My job is to deliver appropriate care.

I agree with David....toss them

I'm sure the issue is money. To participate, you must agree to send data.

By participating, you either get better rates or more patients. If you get neither of these, why do it.?

If you do get benefit, is it worth the hassle? Are you still making a profit when the time considerations are factored in?

Is the carrot worth the beating by the stick?