The Upper Ohio Valley Individual Practice Association (IPA) will install specific Misys EMR and Misys Tiger software across its independent physician practices. The two products integrate seamlessly into one platform, providing medical practices with numerous benefits, including improved access to up-to-date patient data, more accurate billing, insurance claims and reimbursements, and enhanced record-keeping and reporting.
Misys EMR is an electronic medical record (EMR) product that enables physicians to capture and store patient information through interfaces that allow for integration with radiology information systems (RIS), picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), medical devices, transcription systems and other document repositories.
Misys Tiger, meanwhile, is an integrated practice management technology designed to streamline front and back office workflow for small-to-medium sized physician practices. Key features include billing, insurance processing, patient reminders and numerous reporting options.
To further expedite the billing process, IPA member billing professionals will also implement technology from Payerpath, a Misys company. This claims management offering enables medical office staff to electronically submit billing statements to various payers through Payerpath’s clearing house and manage remittance.
Working with physician groups such as The IPA is an integral part of Misys Healthcare Systems’ growth plan. These community groups recognize that adopting healthcare IT systems, particularly EMRs, is the first step in creating an interoperable healthcare system nationwide, said Richard Atkin, president of the hospital systems business unit for Misys. The next step is for those practices and their health center partners to connect for real-time patient data sharing, a technology hurdle that Misys already addresses.
