http://www.carepaths.com The Leader in Online Behavioral Electronic Medical Records Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:55:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This news release from the AMA reports the dirty little secret of our current medical reimbursements system, namely it doesn't work. Read on. New AMA Health Insurer Report Card Finds Need for More Accuracy Eliminating health insurer errors could amount to $15.5 billion in savings The American Medical Association (AMA) today announced ... http://www.carepaths.com/health-insurers-bungle-1-in-5-claims-wasting-15-5-billion/ This piece originally appeared in the Psychiatric Times With billions of dollars for electronic health record (EHR) technology purchases hanging in the balance, psychiatrists need to be paying attention to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) deliberations on the definition of “meaningful use.” HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is supposed ... http://www.carepaths.com/meaningful-use-electronic-health-records-and-psychiatrists/ 17 states now require health plans to cover autism treatment. They are: Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin. N.B. Services covered and the dollar value of the coverage varies by state, however, the extension of ... http://www.carepaths.com/17-states-now-mandate-coverage-of-autism/ Technology: Keeping Electronic Records with Carepaths Colleen Byrne, Ph.D. Since early 2005, the Psychology Clinic at the University of Maryland in College Park has been using the Carepaths for electronic record-keeping. In hopes of both simplifying our record-keeping and also cutting paper costs, we switched ... http://www.carepaths.com/a-review-of-the-erecord/ CarePaths is currently working to meet the anticipated standards for EMR certification. The standards will address interoperability of EMRs so that information can be passed back and forth between different systems. In behavioral health it is anticipated that a Continuity of Care document will be used. This document will pull ... http://www.carepaths.com/emr-certification-to-qualify-for-stimulus-funding-a-recap/ The Checklist for Autism Spectrum Disorders is now available in the eRecord's Assessment Center. The Checklist is a new Diagnostic and screening instrument can be completed by parents or clinicians. It has very strong psychometrics, including high sensitivity and specificity to both ends of the spectrum. The feedback report ... http://www.carepaths.com/checklist-for-autism-spectrum-disorders/ The new issue of the American Medical Association's *American Medical News* includes an article: "How to get paid for care delivered over the phone" by Victoria Stagg Elliott. It is possible to get paid for your work on the phone. It takes the right coding for the right situations, the right documentation and persistence. Some research ... http://www.carepaths.com/how-to-get-paid-for-care-delivered-over-the-phone/ The Vanderbilt ADHD Rating Scale-Parent (VADPRS) is a reliable, cost-effective assessment for ADHD in clinical and research settings for children 6-12. The VADPRS has a 55 item rating scale and evaluates for ADHD and other co-morbid conditions. It takes 10 minutes or less to complete. The VADPRS has two components: symptom assessment ... http://www.carepaths.com/vanderbilt-adhd-rating-scales-parent-vadprs/ The mental health parity will take effect January 1, 2010. The new legislation requires employer-sponsored health insurance with behavioral health benefits to ensure equality between physical and mental health treatment in copayment, coinsurance, deductible, out-of-pocket expense, and days of coverage, frequency of visits, and frequency of treatment. However, the legislation ... http://www.carepaths.com/mental-health-parity-what-it-will-mean-for-providers/ The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) becomes effective January 1, 2010. It is expected that parity will mean a 30% increase in behavioral health spending over the next five years. As the parity provisions are phased into Medicare, there is a formula for calculating the decreased amount ... http://www.carepaths.com/medicare-and-mental-health-parity/