PMIS/EMR Implementation & Support

ProSperus offers a variety of practice management (PM) and electronic medical record (EMR) software applications to help physicians focus on what they do best--provide high-quality patient care.

It's tough to find the right system for your practice.  You have to sort through all of the claims and technology to find a reliable, functional system that will grow with your practice.  ProSperus has done that analysis for you.  We studied the available applications and ranked them on 79 different criteria.  We can help you connect with the ideal system for your practice.

The HITECH provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 provide $19 billion dollars for the adoption and use of EMRs by physicians and hospitals which translate into incentives from $44,000 to $64,000 per physician.

You can qualify for the incentive either under Medicare or Medicaid.  Qualified providers can be reimbursed under either incentive, but not both.  Physicians qualifying under the Medicare portion can receive up to $44,000, and those qualifying under the Medicaid incentive can receive up to $64,000.  You can receive your incentive payments starting in January of 2011.  Physicians who do not implement EMR technology by 2015 will suffer from a 1% reduction in Medicare payments.  Reductions will continue to increase after 2015 up to 5%.

To receive the financial incentives, eligible physicians and hospitals must demonstrate "Meaningful Use" of the EMR system.  The preliminary definition of Meaningful Use was released on December 30, 2009, and is being followed by a 60-day comment period.  The final definition of Meaningful Use that will be used to determine eligibility for incentive payments will be available in spring of 2010.

Purchasing the right EMR software is an essential requirement for achieving Meaningful Use.  The software must provide the applications and features to meet the quality and efficiency goals, and it must designed to be usable by physicians. 

Waiting too long to get started is the biggest barrier to optimizing the financial rewards for Meaningful Use requirements.  Physicians' goals should be to qualify against 2011 criteria in 2011.  A number of our EMR systems allow physicians to implement the software one component at a time, paying only for the components that they are using, which makes Meaningful Use by 2011 a very realistic goal.