I can see any previous encounter for a patient, regardless who saw him, and all relevant encounter details.ģ. Visit History: Being able to pull up details of previous patient encounters is incredibly helpful. Carrying my charges on a sheet of paper was always uncomfortable, like showing up to class unprepared for a test! Thanks to pMD, I know my charges have reached my billers instantly.Ģ. From my point of view, pMD has made an impact in 4 key ways.ġ. Even some initial skeptics, who had tried other products, were quickly converted. "pMD has been a big help at our practice. In this new environment where reimbursement is constantly declining, everything adds up and you have to capture everything." We couldn't collect revenue on these charges before pMD because it is so labor intensive.
PMD's ORU interface capabilities are a big deal for Pima Heart because it automates charge capture and submission of high-volume low-reimbursement items like ECG reads. pMD's real-time communication empowers our doctors to maximize revenue exactly where it falls short.
In any manual process, you don't have this window of opportunity. This whole process occurs within the 30-day amendment period, so we can ask the doctors if they wish to amend their documentation and actually recover the extra revenue.
pMD makes it easy for our coders to isolate Level 5 visits, complete a pre-audit, and provide instant feedback to our doctors. pMD has made this process very simple it allows us to attack this problem at the most critical point and make an immediate difference on our bottom line.Īs a cardiology practice, we know that our patients are high risk, and we want to give our doctors the best opportunity within regulatory requirements to cross their T's and dot their I's. We had to dig through many different hospital systems deconstructing various templates, and we were always a month behind on our E&M audits. PMD allows us to maximize revenue on our E&M charges. The coders ultimately control physician reimbursement and our doctors are blown away with the access they have to the coders through pMD. "Our doctors love pMD! We recently had a meeting with our surgical physicians and they love the real-time feedback from our billing team.