The document discusses how Lantium HealthTech Partners can help healthcare providers achieve Meaningful Use of electronic health records (EHR) to qualify for incentive payments from Medicare and Medicaid. It outlines the EHR and IT services Lantium offers, including hardware, installation, training, hosting, optimization, and compliance. It also provides details on the Meaningful Use incentive programs, including payment amounts per year and requirements to qualify. Additionally, it presents a return on investment analysis showing that adopting EHRs can save physicians time and allow them to see more patients, generating additional revenue of $78,000 per doctor per year on average.
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Helping You Achieve MEANINGFUL USE
1. Helping You Achieve MEANINGFUL USE
Presented to: Healthcare Industry
Lantium HealthTech Partners
1787 Sentry Parkway West
Building 16, Suite 240
Blue Bell, PA 19422
877-LANTIUM fax 215-358-3574
www.lantiumhtp.com
2. Healthcare Technology Solutions
Helping you Achieve Meaningful Use:
-Hardware Procurement/Installation -EHR Implementation/Training
-EHR Cloud Hosting -EMR Optimization
-Desktop Support -Meaningful Use Compliancy
-Help Desk -Practice Assessment
-IT Consulting -Medical Billing
-Security Assessment -Medical Claims Clearinghouse
-High Speed Data Access -Dragon Medical Installation
-VOIP -Document Storage and Shredding
-Web Design -Medical Chart Scanning
3. What is Meaningful Use?
? 2009 HITECH Program authorized payments to Physicians
? Encourage the use of approved EMR (CMS)
? Goal is to reduce healthcare expenditures
? Providers qualify under 2 programs:
? Medicare- $44,000 per provider over 5 years
? Medicaid- $64,000 per provider over 6 years
? Implement by 2012 for full benefit (2016 Penalties will apply)
? How to Qualify
? Register and obtain CMS EHR Cert ID
? Must attest for 90 days in first year
5. ROI of Electronic Health Records
Average time saved in documenting a visit 5 Mins
Average physician appointments per day 25
Minutes saved per day (25 visits x 5 minutes) (2 Hours)
Total days worked in 12 month period (5 days/wk x 48 wks) 240
Total hours saved per year (240 days x 2 hours) 480
Total weeks of work saved per year (480 hrs / 40 hrs/wk) 12 weeks
(2 hours saved each day converts into more visits. You can see an additional
6 to 7 patients per day. Approximately $200 per hour / $50 per patient visit.)
Additional patient visits per day 6.5
Total days worked in 12 month period (5 days/wk x 48 wks) 240
Additional patient visits per year (6.5 visits x 240 days) 1,560
Total ROI per doctor per year (1,560 visits x $50) $78,000