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CCM Program Enhancement Overview:

If you are currently offering Chronic Care Management services to your patients, or thinking about starting a CCM program in 2017, CMS has given you more financial incentive to do so, in the form of 3 new billing codes.  And to make the program easier to implement and manage, CMS has also streamlined service and reporting requirements.

The impact of Donald Trump’s election on the healthcare landscape is beginning to take shape.  Along with his election, the Republican Party has retained control of both houses of Congress and a large majority of state legislatures and governorships. 

Medical Economics has a nice summary of the adoption status of the new CPT code (99490) for Chronic Care Management (CCM) launched by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) almost 2 years ago. Despite the excitement of finally receiving reimbursement for a service that most practices provide for free, only 100,000 patients have been enrolled out of 35 million potentially eligible Medicare patients. The article explores why adoption has been slow, and reasons why starting a CCM...

Avicenna Medical Systems, a medical software developer, is proud to announce its Cloud-based Care Transition Solution, aimed at the small to medium-sized Transitional Care Management Services organizations. The Cloud- based Care Transition Solution is particularly attractive to TCMS organizations because of its low entry point and very affordable volume-based pricing.

Avicenna Medical Systems, a medical software developer, is proud to announce that The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans In Partnership Healthcare Network (VA VISN 11), will be deploying Avicenna’s medication reconciliation solution, MedRec Tool, across both inpatient and outpatient VA health care facilities in central Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and northwest Ohio.

Avicenna Medical Systems has signed its second big client to its AviTracks Chronic Disease Management System, bringing The Veterans Affairs (VA) Ann Arbor Healthcare System on board. "We see a big potential for growth," says Frank Pelosi, vice president & CMO of Avicenna Medical Solutions. "This VA contract is a big step forward for us. We see it as a big opportunity." AviTracks helps veterans manage treatment for chronic diseases from their home. This usually includes patients who take blood...

Avicenna Medical Systems, a medical software developer, is proud to announce that The Veterans Affairs (VA) Ann Arbor Healthcare System, a leading medical referral center for America’s Veterans, has purchased Avicenna’s AviTracksTM Chronic Disease Management System for use in the VA Ann Arbor’s innovative SCAN-ECHO project which provides care for Veterans with chronic liver illnesses. 

Internal Medicine of Northern Michigan PLLC (IMNM), a leading healthcare provider in Petoskey, Michigan, and Avicenna Medical Systems, a provider of clinical decision support software, announced today that IMNM’s Anticoagulation Management Service will use Avicenna’s AviTracks Anticoag system to track its patients.

Ann Arbor, MI – March 4, 2010 – Avicenna Medical Systems, Inc, a leading provider of chronic disease management systems and clinical procedure documentation, announced today that it has secured $40,000 in financing from the Business Accelerator program administered by Ann Arbor SPARK.