QuicDoc® and Office Therapy® August 2015 Newsletter

Count Down for ICD-10

Only 2 months away! October 1st is the deadline for ICD-10.

Are you ready for the transition to ICD-10?  Our most recent versions of QuicDoc® and Office Therapy® software are!

For a limited time we are running a special upgrade promotion.  If you are using an older version of Office Therapy and/or QuicDoc and want to upgrade, now is a good time. See the Upgrade Promotion section below.

Have you updated the ICD codes in Office Therapy yet?  If you are using Office Therapy V11.5, we’ve made it easy to do. For step by step instructions, click here.

Professional Software Promotion

Now is a great time to save on upgrading to our most recent versions of QuicDoc® and Office Therapy®!

From now until September 1st, 2015, if you renew your Annual Maintenance and sign up for Maintenance Auto-Renew, we will upgrade your software to our most recent versions for only $79.99!

Annual Maintenance allows you to speak with our Technical Support Department for questions and assistance, plus have access to all updates and upgrades released for the software within your maintenance period at no additional charge.

For more information or to upgrade your software, please call our Sales Department
800-850-8510.

Top 25 Diagnoses Report in Office Therapy

You can now run a report in Office Therapy that will show your top twenty-five primary diagnoses.

The report displays ICD-9 to ICD-10 mapping. ICD-10 codes use three to seven alpha and numeric digits and full code titles.

Running the report will allow you to see what codes you will be submitting for reimbursement and make any necessary adjustments. The report also displays legacy codes.

ICD10Data.com is a free reference web site that contains all of the official ICD-10-CM (diagnosis), as well as an ICD-9/10 code conversion.

Protecting Your Practice from Data Breaches

We frequently hear or read in the news about data breaches. According to Erin McCann, Managing Editor at Healthcare IT News, “More than 41 million people have had their protected health information compromised in HIPAA privacy and security breaches.”

There is no doubt that a breach could be devastating for a practice. The first step to avoid a breach and keep your patients’ information safe is to conduct a risk analysis. This link to the Security Risk Analysis Video from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT will help get you started. 

Based on your findings, you can formulate a security and contingency plan. Be sure to include all mobile devices used to access protected health information (PHI). Your contingency plan should include data backup, disaster recovery, and emergency procedures. This link explains how Contingency Planning can help your practice protect PHI.

For more information visit Guide to Privacy and Security of Electronic Health Information on HealthIT.gov.

E-Prescribing and DrFirst® Alerts

New Alerts in DrFirst
DrFirst is enhancing their e-prescribing service with Notification of Undeliverable Scripts (NUS).

These alerts provide immediate notification if a prescription is NOT delivered to the pharmacy either electronically or by fax. The alerts are delivered in real time and sent to the provider's phone and computer.

To find out more about e-prescribing with DrFirst, please call our Sales Department at
800-850-8510.

Cloud Connectivity Support

For CLOUD Customers ONLY: If you have connectivity issues after hours (before 9:00 am and after 5:00 pm E.S.T. and on weekends), you may call (877) 395-3639 for assistance.

This number is for Cloud CONNECTIVITY issues only. Please be aware that calls to this number for any other reason (such as software support) will not receive a response.

Up-coming Free Webinars

Friday, August 14th – Join us on Friday August 14th at 12:00 EST to learn how Office Therapy® and TriZetto Provider Solutions® can help to minimize the impact of ICD-10 transition on your practice. With Office Therapy and TriZetto you can streamline the process of filing claims; assist with coding and data error corrections; and efficiently manage your practice with comprehensive reporting.

Friday, August 28th – The introduction of DSM-5 has been a major event and for some, a painful change, after decades of reliance on and familiarity with DSM-IV (DSM-IV-TR) format. Join us to learn about these significant changes, the relationship between the DSM and ICD, and their effect on your workflow as they have been integrated in our Practice Management and EMR Software.

For more information and to register, visit our Events page on our web site.

Windows 10

 An important word of advice…

If you plan to install Windows 10, please be sure to first BACK UP all your data to an external drive. This can’t be stressed enough. Data loss can be very frustrating and costly.

Notable Quote

Among the things you can give and still keep are your word,
a smile, and a grateful heart. ~ Zig Ziglar

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