Azalea Health Innovations Friends Newsletter – November 2009
IN THIS ISSUE
* Welcome
* SMITH Northview Hospital New Website
* 2009 EMR Survey by the AAFP just released
* Billing for H1N1 (Swine Flu) Vaccinations
* Greater Valdosta United Way Roof Sit Friday November 27th
* Upcoming Events
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Welcome
Greetings to all of our Azalea Health Innovations friends. We hope you enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday and this month’s AHI Friends Newsletter.
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SMITH Northview Hospital New Website
We are proud to announce launch of the new SMITH Northview Hospital website:
http://www.SmithHospital.com/
The new website has many new features and much more content that helps patients learn more about the facility and the hospital’s available services. If you have a friend or family member that is a patient at SMITH Northview Hospital, please go to their website and send them a FREE E-Card. The new website was developed and is powered by Azalea Health Innovations.
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2009 EMR Survey by the AAFP Just Released
Overview: The 2009 American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Survey of Over 2,000 Physicians using EMRs.
* Praxis ranked #1 out of the top 22 EMRs in the following categories: Training and Support; Practice Higher Quality Medicine; Disease Management; Health Maintenance
* In all categories Praxis EMR scored in the top half or better and 3rd overall! Note: In E-Prescribing Praxis did score 13th out of the 22 EMRs surveyed only because E-Prescribing was just released with Praxis V5 and not part of the survey (one exception). Praxis 4 still has a very good E-Prescribing component. No telling how good Praxis 5 would have scored!
* In what the AAFP considers the top 4 response spectrum’s that seem particularly likely to be important to anyone selecting a system, Praxis EMR scored 1st, 1st, 2nd and 4th! They are: “Our Vendor provides excellent training and support,” Praxis scored 1st. “This EHR/EMR enables me to practice higher quality medicine than I could with paper charts,” Praxis 1st. “This EHR/EMR is worth the expense” Praxis scored 2nd. “I am highly satisfied with this EHR/EMR” Praxis scored 4th.
Link to AAFP and Survey:
http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/journals/fpm.html
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Billing for H1N1 (Swine Flu) Vaccinations
As more and more Swine Flu vaccinations become available to medical providers, it is important to know the appropriate codes to get properly reimbursed. Here are the billing codes for the H1N1 swine flu vaccination:
Medicare
G9142 INFLUENZA A (H1N1) VACCINE, ANY ROUTE OF ADMINISTRATION
G9141 INFLUENZA A (H1N1) IMMUNIZATION ADMINISTRATION (INCLUDES THE PHYSICIAN COUNSELING THE PATIENT/FAMILY)
DX: V04.81 (just like the regular flu vaccine)
Medicaid/Private Insurance
90470 H1N1 IMMUNIZATION ADMINISTRATION (INTRAMUSCULAR, INTRANASAL), INCLUDING COUNSELING WHEN PERFORMED
90663 INFLUENZA VIRUS VACCINE, PANDEMIC FORMULATION, H1N1
DX: V04.81
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Greater Valdosta United Way Roof Sit Friday November 27th
Azalea Health Innovations are proud supporters of the Greater Valdosta United Way. Come join us this Friday November the 27th at the Valdosta Mall as the United Way Way will be hosting its annual Roof Sit to collect donations for this year’s campaign.
Click the following link for more information on how to contribute to this years campaign:
https://volunteer.united-e-way.org/cng-uwa/donate/?sdn=12440F
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Upcoming Events
HomeTown Health will be presenting the Georgia Rural Health Information Technology (HIT) Conference on December 10th beginning at 9 am at the Anderson/Goodwill Conference Center in Macon. HomeTown Health is an organization of more than 50 rural and small hospitals in Georgia.
Keynote Speaker – Ned Ellington with the Office of National Coordinator (ONC)
Baha Zeidan, CEO of Azalea Health Innovations will be speaking to the conference on Secure EHR Lab Results available to Patients, Physicians & Hospitals to meet EHR Meaningful Use Milestones for HIT Funding.
See our FaceBook Page for more information:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=207063207215&index=1
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Thank you!
Azalea Health Innovations, Inc.
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Valdosta, GA 31601
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