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Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Become More Efficient to Seize Opportunities in Eye Care

Kristi Bolinger, Director, Specialty Solutions, discusses the growth of ophthalmology, and how practices should be poised to jump at opportunities to provide high-quality care, serve more patients and achieve increased success.

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Healthcare IT: A Perspective on the Road Behind and the Road Ahead

Vice President of Solutions, Bevey Miner shares her story in this week's, Women in Leadership blog post.

Thursday, February 4, 2021

How Orthopedic Practices Can Stay on a Steady Path as COVID-19 Continues

Orthopedic practice remains hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The health crisis continues to affect patient-to-provider relationships and put pressure on practices to expand reach, enhance the patient experience, and improve operations and efficiency.

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Believing in Better at NextGen Healthcare

We have reached an inflection point for accelerating the next phase of healthcare. Because we can do better—for care providers and consumers of care. David Sides as a new CEO & President of NextGen Healthcare is proud to lead this company into a new phase - where providers are efficient and effective and patients enjoy healthier and longer lives.

Friday, May 17, 2024

New CMS Regulation Establishes Maximum Appointment Wait Time Standards for Medicaid

Learn about CMS' new compliance obligations for managed care plans, including a provision that expands network adequacy requirements to create appointment wait time standards.

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

What Physicians Need to Know About the New Federal Budget Agreement

Understand the healthcare policy changes physicians need to know made by the federal budget agreement, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

New Telehealth Regulations and Their Impact for Orthopedic Practices

Just in the past month since this pandemic began, telehealth usage has accelerated in healthcare practices across the country.

Thursday, November 7, 2019

What's New for UGM?

Learn about NextGen Healthcare's annual UGM conference.

Monday, May 18, 2020

May is Mental Health Month – Every Month Should Be Mental Health Month

The burden of mental illness in the U.S. is among the highest of all diseases.

Friday, April 5, 2019

My Career in Healthcare—A No Brainer

Cheryl Lejbolle, Vice President of Solutions for Patient Engagement, outlines the trajectory of her career into the business of healthcare and offers valuable career advice, in this weeks blog.

Friday, May 22, 2020

Responding in the Face of Adversity-NextGen® Connect Enables Vital Information Exchange

NextGen Healthcare is proud to sponsor the open-source Mirth Project, the core of NextGen Connect Interface Engine.

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

The Big Paradox of Health Care’s “Little Data”

NextGen Healthcare's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Betty Rabinowitz's discusses how here at NextGen Healthcare, we are committed to little data analytics of the highest order. We like to apply big data methodologies to all data – both big and small.

Thursday, February 7, 2019

Top 6 things to do and see at HIMSS this year

The HIMSS organization is a global advisor supporting the transformation of health through the application of information and technology. NextGen Healthcare is a HIMSS Corporate Diamond Sponsor and participates in the HIMSS Global Conference Exhibition annually. Visit us this year in booth 2701.

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

5 Takeaways from GOP's Obamacare Repeal and Replace Bill

NextGen Government Affairs expert Chris Emper gives us his initial thoughts on the plan to repeal and replace Obama's "American Healthcare Act" (ACA).

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Today Is About Recovery. Tomorrow Is About Sustainability.

Practices across the country have been given a lifeline this April: President Biden announced the American Rescue Plan Funding (H8F) in which 1,376 FQHCs will receive more than $6 billion. With this record-setting infusion of cash, health centers are now uniquely poised to change their present and their future.

Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Eye Care Beyond Office Walls

Ophthalmic practitioners understand the need to be efficient when seeing patients in the office. The schedule is full and each patient requires excellence in the delivery of care. But have you considered how your practice can extend excellence beyond the walls of your office?

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Trailblazing through health IT

Vice President of Inside Sales, Patricia Rutherford shares insights from her nearly three decades healthcare software sales.

Friday, January 18, 2019

2019: The Year of the Patient in HIT

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Betty Rabinowitz give her health information technology predictions for 2019, in this insightful blog.

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Three takeaways from HIMSS18

Reflecting on HIMSS18, we are amazed at the ways information technology helps us collaborate through connected health, interoperability, shared health records and data analytics.

Thursday, August 24, 2023

Top 5 Takeaways from CMS’s New 2024 Medicare Physician Payment Rule

Every year, industry stakeholders anticipate the release of the annual CMS regulation because it updates the rules governing Medicare’s value-based programs.

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

NextGen Advisors Podcast: FDA Approves Alzheimer’s Treatment, Controversy Ensues

In this episode of the NextGen Advisors podcast, Graham Brown and Dr. Betty Rabinowitz discuss the drug’s approval and the concerns, hopes and implications it has raised.

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Quality Measurement - Could we have gone too far?

The complex, at times confusing landscape of quality measurement programs in which practices and providers are required to participate, are the culmination of over a century of evolving quality measurement and improvement efforts in the American health care system.

Thursday, October 6, 2022

What You Need to Know About the October 6 Information Blocking Deadline

NextGen Advisor Chris Emper and regulatory expert Andy Riedel dig into the weeds of recent Cures Act updates that can be confusing even to the most tech-savvy providers.

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Taking my place at the technology table

Vice President of Enterprise Applications, Karen Bollinger details her journey to NextGen Healthcare and the strong women in her life who inspired her to succeed.

Thursday, November 9, 2023

Documenting with Ambient Technology is a Game-Changer

Documentation doesn’t have to be time-consuming. Discover how providers can see more patients, reduce documentation strain, and regain personal time—all with AI-powered technology.

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Become an EHR Super User

Dr. Robert Murry provides tips on how to become an EHR super user.

Friday, April 2, 2021

NextGen® Advisors Podcast - Integration of Behavioral and Physical Health: Provider Perspectives

Recently, NextGen Healthcare partnered with XtelligentMedia to conduct a national survey of provider organizations who offer behavioral health and primary care services. Listen here as the NextGen® Advisors reflect on provider reported experiences and challenges in the journey to whole person care.

Monday, February 20, 2017

Simplifying healthcare reform: The known and the unknown

How quickly will any changes stemming from the ACA repeal start taking place? Where is the industry headed in terms of payment reform? We answer your questions.

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Stay Independent as an Orthopedic Practice

Molly Van Oordt, Director, Specialty Solutions, discusses the increasing pressure independent orthopedic practices face with local hospital systems working to acquire them or subsidize IT expenses.

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Identity management: What is it? Why act now?

NextGen Healthcare is committed to identity management. We encourage other organizations to look at this technology to help increase their security posture. Here's how.

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Advocate Healthy Vision—21st Century Style

May is Healthy Vision month. Eye care professionals are well familiar with advice given to patients to promote healthy vision—stop smoking, eat healthy foods, get adequate exercise, wear sunglasses, and minimize eyestrain. But how this message is delivered has changed: The office visit is only part of your opportunity to effectively engage patients—both to teach them about healthy vision and earn their loyalty.

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Easily Inform Patients of your Virtual Visit Offering with New Feature from Google

The new virtual care feature allows practices to promote virtual visit services to prospective patients that are looking for a telehealth provider - learn more.

Thursday, June 10, 2021

Keep your Optical Shop Competitive in the Age of Retail Disruption

How can independent ophthalmic practices in such a fiercely competitive retail environment? See this blog post for some important strategies.

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Two essential ways to make your practice data more secure

Practices need to know what they can do to ensure their data is as safe as possible.

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Making referrals safer

During care transitions, communication breakdowns occur all too often, increasing the risk of medication errors and other threats to the health and well-being of patients. When handing off responsibility for patient care, tracking referrals presents a significant challenge.

Monday, August 31, 2020

Collect Patient Information Effectively: What You Need to Know

Preauthorization is an important part of registration. Insurance payers commonly require preauthorization for medical procedures other than a primary care physician visit. If you don’t obtain it, the physician will not be paid.

Thursday, September 3, 2020

How to Capture Charges for Faster, More Accurate Reimbursement

The previous blog in this series explored how to effectively capture patient’s information at the front desk. The next topic is charge capture—the process that physicians, other healthcare providers, and medical office staff use to record information about services provided. Once recorded, this information is translated into a claim and sent to third-party payers for reimbursement.

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

The WannaCry ransomware attack and how to protect your organization

An update on the newest ransomware attack in the news and tips on protecting yourself.

Thursday, April 18, 2019

Demystifying Common Behavioral Health Terms

Gary Steiner, NextGen Healthcare Specialty Director, Behavioral Health, outlines key behavioral health terms, knowledge beneficial to both providers and patients.

Thursday, August 8, 2019

Stakeholder Appreciation Day - Let's Celebrate Our Policy Makers

This Stakeholder Appreciation Day, NextGen Healthcare encourages CHCs to celebrate policy makers and advocates who support the pursuit of affordable primary care.

Monday, August 19, 2024

NextGen Healthcare Establishes Itself as a Trailblazer of UDS Modernization

NextGen Healthcare leads in UDS+ reporting, offering streamlined solutions and partnerships to support community health centers.

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Freedom isn't free, neither is a free EHR

Dr. Robert Murry, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, discusses the importance of investing in your practice's future in this week's blog.

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Welcome ChatGPT to Your Ambulatory Practice

ChatGPT and similar AI-based tools will revolutionize our lives and the way we do business. Without question, these tools will affect your medical practice.

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Medical scheduling software

Medical scheduling software is key to improving any medical practice's efficiency.

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Mirth Connect The First 10 Years

Check out this blog to learn more about some of notable milestones of Mirth Connect.

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

21st Century Cures Act: Five Years Later

Following NextGen Healthcare's Cures Act certification last month, our legislative expert, Chris Emper, presents a detailed overview of how this monumental law will impact key IT interoperability provisions going forward.

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

The Healthcare Economy: What's on the Horizon

From the evolution of value-based care to regulatory change and technology-enabled solutions, there is plenty to keep healthcare leaders up at night. Here's an overview of changes happening now and a glimpse what can be expected in the future.

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

A New Year, A Continued Mission

Barely one month into 2018 and healthcare has hit the ground running.

Thursday, February 4, 2021

Grateful to be Leader of the KLAS in 2021

The NextGen Healthcare community just received powerful recognition that NextGen® Enterprise EHR has been named Best in KLAS Ambulatory EMR for practices of 11 to 75 physicians. This is a significant achievement—for our company and for our clients and, ultimately, the patients under their care.

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

From the Beginning to the Future: A look back at how NextGen Healthcare’s Dental Solution Began

From pioneer to revolutionary – for more than 40 years - NextGen Healthcare, Inc. (QSI Dental) has been a recognized leader in the development, implementation and support of technology solutions for dental practice organizations.

Thursday, March 28, 2019

What does it take to be a data-driven practice?

Dr. Betty Rabinowitz, Chief Medical Officer, on the importance of embracing data and becoming a data-driven organization.

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

CMS is Ramping Up Its Data Validation and Audits, Are you Prepared?

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), in partnership with the consulting group, is ramping up its data validation and audit (DVA) process for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Providers and groups are currently receiving audit notifications for the 2017 and 2018 reporting periods.

Thursday, May 25, 2023

DEA extends pandemic-era telehealth rules for prescribing controlled medications

The DEA extends temporary pandemic-era telehealth rules for prescribing controlled medications that is planned to turn into a permanent rule later this year.

Thursday, December 6, 2018

An exciting but unplanned journey into healthcare

Vice President of Industry Affairs, Cherie Holmes-Henry discussed how an inspiring mentor led her to a career in healthcare.

Thursday, January 12, 2023

5 Regulatory Issues for Physician Groups to Watch in 2023

Chris Emper, NextGen Healthcare's Government Affairs Advisor, gives providers his legislative 411 for the new year.

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

2024 Ambulatory Care Trends: AI, Independence, Privacy

Explore the future of ambulatory care with 2024's top trends: bigger AI technology, a push for independence, and new privacy regulations.

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Accountable Care Organizations: A 'Risky Business'

Dr. Betty Rabinowitz notes how it appears risk-bearing ACOs are here to stay and the need for Population Health solutions to provide data-driven insights has never been clearer in this weeks blog.

Tuesday, August 27, 2024

HHS Begins Enforcement of Information Blocking Rules for Healthcare Providers

Discover how the 21st Century Cures Act enforces information blocking rules and the resulting penalties for healthcare providers.

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

The House passed its Obamacare repeal bill, so what happens next?

Last week House Republicans passed their bill to repeal and replace key elements of Obamacare. Here's the update.

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

What Physicians Need to Know about the New Medicare Payment Rules

Chris Emper, Government Affairs Advisor, provides his top takeaways from the proposed updates to the rules governing both the MACRA and QPP.

Friday, May 15, 2020

Responding in the Face of Adversity

As news of Coronavirus spread from Wuhan, China in December 2019, and throughout the world in the months that followed, healthcare leaders and innovators across the globe immediately acted with countless projects and initiatives rising to meet the many challenges in our fight against the pandemic.

Monday, January 1, 0001

Will New CMS Rules Drive More Orthopedic Surgeries to ASCs?

Recent news out of Washington, D.C. may mean new opportunities for orthopedic practices. This year, CMS removed nearly 300 services from the inpatient-only list, most of them related to musculoskeletal care a first step in eliminating this list altogether.

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Will New CMS Rules Drive More Orthopedic Surgeries to ASCs?

Recent news out of Washington, D.C. may mean new opportunities for orthopedic practices. This year, CMS removed nearly 300 services from the inpatient-only list—most of them related to musculoskeletal care—a first step in eliminating this list altogether.

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

What You Need to Know about CMS’s 2023 Proposed Medicare Physician Payment Rule

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) just released its proposed—and much-awaited—payment schedule for providers. NextGen Advisor Chris Emper breaks down the key takeaways.

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Advances in Technology Support a New Outlook in Eye Care

The only constant is change. This is as true in ophthalmic care as in any other field. Today, changes in technology have implications inside the exam room and beyond. What do these changes mean for the future of your practice?

Thursday, October 18, 2018

Gender equality in the HIT industry - is it time for a reboot?

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Betty Rabinowitz discusses how gender equality in the HIT industry has changed since she first attending medical school.

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Technology adapts to new demands in behavioral healthcare

Technology is transforming the landscape of behavioral healthcare delivery. Gary Steiner, NextGen Healthcare Specialty Director, Behavioral Health, dives into the importance for practices to track these changes for better patient care.

Thursday, December 19, 2019

11 Sessions at UGM 2019 Built for Independent Physician Practices

How to best utilize NextGen Office Practice Management was a valuable topic at UGM. The purpose of NextGen Office Practice Management is to save time and help clients get paid for their services.

Monday, November 25, 2019

NextGen UGM 2019: Reliving the Magic

UGM 2019 captured the imagination and inspired at America's top vacation destination in November.

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

NextGen Healthcare and Amazon Web Services - a match made in the clouds.

David Slazyk, Chief Information Security Officer and Sr. Vice President Data Privacy, discusses why NextGen Healthcare is moving to Amazon Web Services - the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform - and why this benefits our clients.