Avery Hurt

The changes in the new ICD-10 coding system will help you do your job better. Here are some changes you'll be happy to meet.

ICD-10 training for your staff will vary by learning style and practice role. Here are eight resources to meet your needs.

You've budgeted for training and software upgrades, but there are less tangible costs attributed to the ICD-10 transition. Here's how to prepare.

From team competitions to your own game of Jeopardy!, training for the ICD-10 transition can be enjoyable for your medical practice.

ICD-10 is coming whether we like it or not. Here's how to get your medical practice to accept the coming coding set transition.

How to manage the timing of your ICD-10 training - whether you anticipated a 2014 transition or have done nothing so far.

The ICD-10 deadline is only nine months away. Here are six questions to ask your software vendors immediately.

The EHR Incentive Programs take a new turn in 2015: the penalty phase. More rule changes may come, but providers shouldn't count on relief.

Here's what you need to know to help you close out your 2014 meaningful use reporting year and get ready for 2015.

If your practice is not getting the most out of its EHR, here are three tips to get your vendor to make it right.

Take training seriously at your practice and you may find that you have a much happier relationship with your EHR system.

One of the keys to successful implementation of EHRs is good communications with your vendor. Here are four tips to a better dialogue.

When your EHR is no longer working for your practice, it may be time to search for a new product.

Smart use of your patient portal can not only help physicians meet meaningful use rules, but also foster better patient interactions.

The gap between having an EHR and meeting meaningful use is wide. Here are three tips to narrow the divide.

Providing your patients with useful clinical summaries to meet meaningful-use requirements might be trickier than you expect.

In the three years since the first providers began attesting, meaningful use has already started benefiting patients.

The Stage 2 rules of meaningful use call for a security risk analysis of your practice. Here are some common sources of data loss to examine.

CMS has offered a bit of a reprieve to eligible providers struggling to meet the meaningful use guidelines for Stage 2. Here are the details.

Running behind on the meaningful use requirements for the EHR Incentive Programs? It might not be as bad as it seems for your practice.

Getting your patients to use your patient portal may not be as hard as you think. Here's why.

Whether they think it is good or bad news, savvy physicians will use the extra time to prepare their practices for the ICD-10 coding transition wisely.

There's plenty to do to get your medical practice ready for ICD-10, but proper training tops the list.

Don't let the ICD-10 transition hurt your practice's bottom line. Here are ways for you and your staff to survive and thrive during this major change.