Contact: Lauren Kolbe – Kolbeco for Ero Health p. 636-379-3895, ext. 12 c. 314-609-1404 Lauren@kolbeco.net FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Two Ero Health Platforms Achieve HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year Certification to Further Mitigate Risk in Third-Party Privacy, Security, and Compliance St. Louis, MO – Ero Health, a leading healthcare IT services firm and the largest solution partner focused…

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Released January 12, 2021 from UnitedHealthcare Stay informed about COVID-19 Latest COVID-19 news from UnitedHealthcare – Temporary cost share waivers for testing and testing-related visits extended in accordance with the national public health emergency period. Thank you for your continued commitment to patient care and your ongoing response to COVID-19 cases. We wanted to advise…

Webinar: December 10 @ 1:30 PM CST What steps is your practice taking to prepare for the new year? Join eClinicalWorks and TriZetto Provider Solutions for an informative session discussing how integrated solutions can streamline processes and help your organization’s bottom line improve in 2021. Register here: https://bit.ly/2VqyFKq #eclinicalworks #2021goals  

AMA announces vaccine-specific CPT codes for coronavirus immunizations American Medical Association, November 10, 2020 CHICAGO — The American Medical Association (AMA) today published an update to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set that includes new vaccine-specific codes to report immunizations for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Working closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the…

Ero Health Recognized in the St. Louis Small Business Monthly as Future50 Awards Recipient   The September of the St. Louis Small Business Monthly features Ero Health as part of the Future50 Awards and includes an interview with Co-CEO Num Pisutha-Arnond. As part of this Q&A, Num outlines his thoughts on how to manage and…

AMA releases 2021 CPT code set SEP 1, 2020 CHICAGO— The first major overhaul in more than 25 years to the codes and guidelines for office and other outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) services was included in today’s release of the 2021 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set published by the American Medical Association (AMA). These foundational…

Primary Care Doctors Look at Payment Overhaul After Pandemic Disruption Kaiser Health News, August 12, 2020 Kaiser Health News looks at the continued pressure primary care physicians find themselves in as a result of COVID-19-induced revenue decreases: Corporate owners are giving some practices an ultimatum – show viability or face sale or closure, forcing those practices to…

Telehealth to become permanent under Trump executive order Healthcare Finance, August 3, 2020 Susan Moore, Managing Editor   President Donald Trump today signed an executive order to make permanent the temporary flexibilities for telehealth allowed during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Today I’m taking action to ensure telehealth is here to stay,” Trump said during a news conference.…

Health system leaders attribute telehealth, communication and planning to financial recovery Healthcare Finance News, July 16, 2020 Mallory Hackett, Associate Editor Executives spoke about navigating through the pandemic during the Healthcare Financial Management Association Digital Annual Conference. As health systems begin the road to financial recovery from the pandemic, one characteristic of executives has emerged: they…

MGMA Releases Checklist for Reopening Your Practice If you are about to re-open your practice, we encourage you to read the Covid-19 Medical Practice Reopening Checklist provided by MGMA.   This document covers items such as determining priorities, preparing employees, and even forecasting a budget. There are also a series of special considerations to evaluate to help manage…

March 28, 2020 Under the President’s leadership, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an expansion of its accelerated and advance payment program for Medicare participating health care providers and suppliers, to ensure they have the resources needed to combat the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). This program expansion, which includes changes from…

The Trump Administration announced on March 17 an expanded Medicare telehealth coverage that will enable beneficiaries to receive a wider range of healthcare services from their doctors without having to travel to a healthcare facility. Beginning on March 6, 2020, Medicare—administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)—will temporarily pay clinicians to provide…

The data submission deadline for the qualified registry, QCDR, EHR, and attestation submission mechanisms is March 31, 2020, 8 pm EDT. This is when the submission window closes.  Data can be submitted and updated anytime until the deadline when the submission window closes. For claims method, the data submission deadline was December 31 of the performance period, followed by 60 days of the claims run-out period.

Effective January 1st, as a referring provider, the ONLY way your Medicare patients will be approved for diagnostic imaging tests is if you comply with the new imaging Clinical Decision Support (CDS) mandate. This is more work for you, but the ONLY way your patients can receive the diagnostic tests they need. Don’t make the…

eClinicalWorks is constantly reviewing technology platforms and architectures to provide clients with the best possible reporting solutions, and to plan for projected growth. As a result, eClinicalWorks will be completing required maintenance on the MIPS, MAQ, ACO, and CPC+ Dashboards. This maintenance has been scheduled for Monday, November 25, 2019 through Sunday, December 1, 2019.…

New Mexico has announced funding for the PDMP integration through Appriss through August of 2020.  As a reminder, eClinicalWorks does not charge for this integration.  Any and all costs will be charged through Appriss – New Mexico is funding this cost for a year. Please contact us at support@ero.health about the Appriss integration! We can help you through…