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| Specialties . Workers Compensation |
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| Workers' Comp Software |
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Workers' Comp Software Built to Manage Bureaucracy
Occ med or urgent care providers who treat workers' compensation
patients require workers comp software that makes bureaucracy a
pleasure to deal with. All the necessary forms should be included for
your state – and for multiple states if you see patients from
surrounding areas. The forms should be automatically filled from the
provider charting as much as possible, and when required, should be
submitted automatically with claims without so much as a second
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Providers shouldn't have to start each progress note from scratch: the
software should provide the essential data from previous visits right where it's needed –
without having to go look for it. Work restrictions should be available in every encounter
to add or update with a few clicks. And employers shouldn't have to wait for a phone call
from the doctor to know what's happening. Instead, they should be able to see the
information they need right away, online – even before the patient arrives back at work.
Both Agility EHR and Stix® Practice Management address the bureaucracy, and offer
client employers online connectivity to visit results. Agility EHR provides the added
benefits of charting templates that include language for workers' compensation, such as
detailed work histories, details surrounding the injury, (time on the job, mechanism of
injury, etc.), work restrictions, assessment of work-relatedness, etc. The templates are
already set up to include the information needed for proper coding, yet exclude medical
data that may not be sent to the payer. And, of course, all templates may be edited at any
time to satisfy each provider's text preferences and favorites.
Workers Comp Software that References Relevant Guidelines
As employer pressure continues to keep work comp costs down, the requirement to use
treatment and disability duration guidelines will expand accordingly. Providers need
workers comp software that provides these required guidelines right there where they
need them – not in a book or binder on the shelf. In addition, charting templates should take compliance (and reimbursement) a step further by enabling providers to incorporate
language from the guidelines in chart notes with the click of a mouse or tap of a stylus.
Agility EHR includes the capacity both to access ACOEM guidelines, Presley Reed
Disability Duration guidelines or the ODGs right from within the patient chart, and to
edit charting templates to incorporate the language needed to demonstrate compliance
with the guidelines. Moreover, substantial employer reporting is available, including a
work status summary that can be printed, faxed or e-mailed to the employer – or simply
let the employer pull the data from online access.
Software with a Hosted Solution Offering
To reduce up front hardware costs and count on predictable software expense, providers may prefer to take advantage of a hosted software solution.
Both Agility EHR and Stix are available as a hosted solution or on-premise installation.
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"I wholeheartedly recommend Stix. The software provides a lot of value and the technical support is outstanding."
Cathy Moore
Work Comp Coordinator,
Sentara Healthcare, Virginia |
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