Practice Management Software

Managing a medical practice can be a difficult proposition. With the complexity of the U.S. healthcare system, billing patients and submitting insurance claims can make financial and cash flow management a real challenge. In addition, scheduling appointments, communicating with patients, handling medical records, protecting patient privacy and managing staff requires significant resources, time and expertise. When the quality of healthcare practice management suffers, so can the quality of care, productivity and profitability.

Practice management software can help by providing powerful tools to assist administrators. Practice management software may include features to help with billing patients, submitting insurance claims, scheduling visits, tracking co-pays and managing the revenue cycle. Some practice management software solutions also enable the use of electronic medical records (EMR) allowing the practice to take advantage of the many benefits of EMR solutions to enhance care and increase productivity. While many medical office software solutions are available to assist the medical practice, smaller practices and independent physicians often can't afford the kinds of solutions that larger practices rely on. It is in these instances that a web based practice management software solution may be helpful.

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Web based practice management software provides affordable solutions for the smaller practice.

Web based practice management software enables smaller practices to deploy a practice management solution quickly and affordably. Offered on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, web based solutions provide access to management software online, from anywhere and at any time, with just Internet access. Rather than needing to purchase software or hardware and needing an IT staff to install and maintain it, practices pay only a monthly subscription fee for use of the software. Data resides at a secure data center, offering greater protection than most practices can afford to implement on their own. For many smaller practices, web based practice management software represents a highly affordable solution for increasing efficiency of administrative and financial tasks.

Centricity Advance combines practice management with EMR and patient portal software.

Centricity Advance from GE Healthcare is a leading web based practice management software solution. Centricity Advance enables practices to quickly and easily deploy an integrated EMR and physician practice management solution that includes a patient portal. With Centricity Advance, practice administrators can:

• Improve financial and revenue cycle management by verifying payer rules for more accurate claims submissions, tracking co-pays more easily, speeding up payments with electronic transactions and reducing invisible losses by tracking write-offs.
• Reduce expenses by streamlining operations and automating routine tasks
• Integrate clinical, financial and administrative functions in a single database, allowing information to flow seamlessly throughout the practice.
• Simplify reporting with pre-built reports

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