This week, we’ve put out 9 updates, and all of them were inspired by our customers! If you’re one of our clients, please see the updates below… and thank you for helping us become better!
If you’ve not seen the system yet, just visit our website! If you’re doing diagnostic imaging, you’ll definitely find the right tools to enhance your practice, check it out: emsow.com
[#21700] Superbills submission from Processing
From now on, you can submit superbill packages right from the Processing module:
When you submit superbills this way, EMSOW will filter out all superbills that are not from the opened order.
[#21666] Updated 3rd party organization patients filter in Payer Assignment
The 3rd party organization patients filter in the Payer Assignment ...
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EMSOW puts together all the tools for diagnostic imaging in one cloud platform. It can be connected to any EHR system.
Below are just a few benefits that you get out of switching to EMSOW:
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This time we have put out eight features – some tools and settings to improve your workflow and Revenue Cycle Management, as well as a small update to our new mobile-friendly experience. If you are a portable imaging provider and have not seen EMSOW, you’ve got to check it out!
Now, without further ado, let’s get into the latest version of the platform:
[#21687] Referring doctor as ordering provider in electronic claims (5010 837P Loop 2420E)
With this update, you can transmit referring doctor information (name and NPI) as the ordering provider field of your X12 electronic claims. To enable this option, go to Setup → Insurances → Insurances, double-click into the necessary insurance, open the Billing tab, and select the Include referring doctor as ordering provider (loop 2420E) checkbox:
Do you check insurance eligibility before dispatching a technologist to scan patients? With EMSOW, you can verify patients’ insurance benefits as quickly as never before… not to mention that it helps you dispatch, transfer, and store your exams in the cloud – everything in one place, convenient, simple, and affordable!
This week we have updated our eligibility feature. If you are not our customer yet and want to learn more, visit our page!
[#21651] Proper handling of bill option code C when checking eligibility
From now on, if the eligibility response indicates bill option code C, such insurance will be marked with orange color as needed clarification:
Previously, this behavior applied only when the response showed “MCO Bill Option Code – C.”
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Our team is thrilled to present a couple of spring-time platform updates. If you’re not our customer and interested to learn more, visit our website: emsow.com
Please see the updates below:
[#21596] Services are now marked as eligible if the DoS is outside the hospice benefit range
EMSOW’s eligibility feature displays an orange ball for patients whose Medicare insurance includes hospice benefits:
In this release, we improved the way hospice benefits are checked, so that if the date of service is outside the hospice benefit range, the system will display a green ball and treat the insurance as regular and active.
[#21372] Guarantor name and address on patient statements
With this update, you can opt to use a patient’s insurance guarantor as the addressee for patient statements. The guarantor name and address will be printed on the statement in...
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EMSOW is not just a cloud PACS and medical billing platform. It offers your practice a powerful toolset for patient management, scheduling, dispatching, and image interpretation.
EMSOW is a next-generation, fully customizable platform that can be tuned to your specific workflow and improve TAT, increase revenue collection and reduce costs for manual processing. Additional value is provided by weekly updates inspired by our customers. Please read the details of the latest improvements below.
Want to learn more? We would be happy to show you EMSOW and discuss how it can help your practice.
[#21526] “Quick edit patient” in Processing
Starting with this update, the “Quick edit patient” mode from the Billing module has become available in Processing as well. Once you hover your mouse over the patient information in a service box, the Quick edit button will appear:
Dear imaging provider!
Originally intended as a cloud PACS system, EMSOW has become an all-in-one platform for diagnostic imaging practices, PoCUS providers, as well as mobile clinicians. We’ve added comprehensive scheduling, dispatching, and medical billing modules to meet the needs of our partners and customers. Today, you can use only one intuitive and affordable solution to manage all your tasks!
This week’s release improves our billing functionality. The new version brings a small update to our Excel-based invoice report and lets you check eligibility of QMB patients more efficiently.
Want to learn more? We would be happy to show you EMSOW and discuss how it can help your practice.
[#21373] Diagnosis codes in Invoice report with grouping by service
In the latest version of EMSOW, the Invoice report in the Billing module shows diagnosis codes when grouping by service is selected.
[#21345] QMB patients are not auto-tagged with their deductible status anymore
Previously, we added the option...
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Subject line: Manage your patient info without hassle!
Dear imaging provider!
Originally intended as a cloud PACS system, EMSOW has become an all-in-one platform for diagnostic imaging practices, PoCUS providers, as well as mobile clinicians. We’ve added comprehensive scheduling, dispatching, and billing modules to meet the needs of our valuable partners and customers. Today, you can use only one intuitive and affordable solution to manage all your tasks!
This week’s release improves our patient and study management tools. The new version helps you eliminate manual data entry, facilitates user activity tracking, and visualizes study information in the Dispatch module in a more user-friendly way.
Want to learn more? We would be happy to show you EMSOW and discuss how it can help your practice.
[#21324] Copy home patient address from eligibility information
The latest update brings you the ability to copy the patient's home address from the eligibility information to the patient record in EMSOW automatically...
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Dear imaging providers!
Have you ever experienced problems with unreasonably long collection times, high study interpretation and software expenses, inefficient workflow management, coding and billing difficulties?
For more than ten years, EMSOW has been servicing imaging facilities to deliver a professional medical platform that covers all their daily tasks, from simple PACS and DICOM to automatic claim generation.
Below please see our weekly update to facilitate your ePHI management.
If you are not yet with us, we would be happy to show you EMSOW and discuss how it can help your imaging practice.
[#21322] Service address and patient’s home address
In this update, we have made several changes to make the distinction between a service address and a patient’s personal address (home address) more clear and obvious to the user.
Let us remind you that a service address is typically entered in the Edit service window, whereas a patient’s home address is entered in the patient record in the Patient...
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EMSOW’s Billing module is getting constantly improved. Recently, our developers have been doing their best to make EMSOW meet all the requirements of standalone medical billing systems.
The difference is that EMSOW’s billing is integrated with cloud PACS, DICOM, HL7, scheduling and dispatching tools. It is a web-based platform that does not require local installation. It covers all the tasks of your imaging business, makes things simple, and saves your money.
If you’re interested to learn more, book a consultation! If you’re our customer, please see this week’s updates below.
[#21257] Auto-tag studies if the patient is a Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB)
Remember the “deductible (not) met” auto-tagging update we made last week? Here’s more!
From now on, when checking eligibility of a Medicare Part B patient that is enrolled in the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) program, EMSOW can automatically add a special tag to all...
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With the latest version of EMSOW, you can check your patients’ Medicare Part B deductibles, get an extended end-of-month report, and schedule follow-up appointments from the Rendering Provider Portal. Also, you’ll find a new search option to facilitate your studies management.
If you’re interested to learn how EMSOW can help your practice, book a consultation! If you’re already using our PACS, scheduling, dispatching, or billing, please see the updates below.
[#21222] Automatically tag studies of patients whose Medicare Part B deductible is met
Tired of manually tagging studies after checking if a patient has met their deductible? Then this update is for you! Now, when you check eligibility for Medicare Part B, EMSOW can also check if the deductible has been met, and tag the study with an appropriate tag (e.g., “2021 ded met”).
To set up this feature, open your billing connector settings (follow Setup → Billing → Billing Connectors in the main EMSOW menu). First, you need to enable the Tag exams as deductible met for “Medicare Part B” insurance ...
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We’re back from New Year holidays with a few exciting updates aimed at facilitating your billing workflow. We are grateful to our customers for ideas and inspiration!
Today, EMSOW is the only solution that allows you to schedule, dispatch, store, transfer, read, and bill your imaging exams on one web platform!
If you’re interested to learn more, book a consultation and learn how our service can help your medical imaging practice! If you’re our customer, please see the updates below.
[#20872] New module to manage paper statements
If you create patient bills or insurance statements on paper, you will love this new feature. Now, after you click the “Submit” button, the statements do not just disappear when they are marked as submitted—they are now stored in the new module:
[#21125] Capture billing history after overwriting or clearing th...
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Reflecting on this year, we can see how many customers have supported us and made our work so enjoyable. Everyone at EMSOW wishes you a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year! Thank you for staying with us this year.
However, our struggle for perfection never stops. Below please find the updates of the latest version of EMSOW. If you’re interested in how we can help your imaging practice, book a consultation!
We’re looking forward to seeing you in 2021!
[#21126] Referring facility phones in Dispatch
With the latest update, you can see the referring facility phone numbers while adding or editing a service in the Dispatch module:
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EMSOW’s medical billing has become a go-to tool for many imaging providers. This week we have rolled out a couple of new billing tools requested by our customers. Thank you for staying with us and helping us grow better every day!
Today, EMSOW is the only medical imaging platform that puts together a professional medical billing system with PACS, DICOM and scheduling/dispatching tools. It has everything your imaging business needs to be straightforward, competitive, secure, and profitable.
If you’re interested to learn more, book a consultation! If you’re our customer, please see updates below.
[#20932] Pay per diem (PPD) payments in invoice report
This update makes the invoice report a bit more detailed in terms of how it represents studies billed to a facility.
First, we have added two new columns to the invoice report: Invoice number (self-explanatory) and PPD (shows “Yes” for items that are billed completely as PPD, or “Mixed” if the item includes both PPD and insurance charges, e.g., if a study was bi...
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Medical billing matters. That's why lately, we’ve been focusing on our Billing module to make your imaging workflow even more straightforward. Today, EMSOW matches the requirements of a standalone medical billing system.
The difference is that EMSOW’s billing is integrated with PACS, DICOM, scheduling/dispatching tools and requires no installation. It covers all your needs, makes things simple, and saves your money.
If you’re interested to learn more, book a consultation! If you’re our customer, please see updates below.
[#21063] Claim resubmission improvements
This update brings a number of improvements aimed at making claim resubmission easier and quicker.
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EMSOW’s Rendering provider portal has become a go-to tool for many physician assistants and nurse practitioners who travel to patients to provide consults. This week, we have added a new feature to facilitate your collaboration with rendering providers. They will love this new tool! Please see the details below.
If you’re not our customer yet, book a consultation and learn how to save on medical exam management and reading!
[#21035] Narrow study selection in Rendering Portal
With the latest update, you can now link a rendering provider to study groups related to them. This will make it easier for a rendering provider to pick the necessary study in Rendering Portal by excluding all non-relevant studies from the Study field.
To assign a study group to a rendering provider, go to Setup → Personnel → Rendering Providers and double-click into the necessary provider. Open the Study groups tab and select the desired study groups:
Today, we're going to discuss x-ray transportation codes. Portable diagnostic equipment is gaining popularity. These machines are reliable and affordable and they help businesses cut office service expenditures besides. Moreover, mobile diagnostic services are often more convenient for patients than scheduled visits and in some cases are the only way to reach patients. However, there is one issue – transportation costs.
Mobile imaging operators use vans or other vehicles to transport their imaging equipment. Sometimes they need to travel many miles and spend hours getting to a site. There are no problems if they can collect transportation fees directly from their patients, but when it comes to insurance reimbursement, issues may occur. Nevertheless, in some cases, the transportation costs of mobile imaging operators can be covered.
Medicare has contributed to solving this problem by ...
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This week we have updated our medical billing system. In the latest version of EMSOW, you’ll find new options for statement submission and electronic claim management, as well as advanced eligibility checking tools!
EMSOW offers patient scheduling, technologist dispatch, an affordable PACS and DICOM viewer with customizable report templates, and even exam interpretation service. Together with our medical billing system, these tools cover all the needs of your diagnostic imaging business. If you’re not our customer yet, book a consultation and learn how to save on medical exam management and reading!
[#21004] New column and filters in “Submit Statements” window
We keep improving the “Submit Statements” window. This time we’re bringing you the new Amount Due column and a number of search filters: Statement created, Referring billing state, Amount due (per patient), and Statement form.
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EMSOW offers medical imaging providers a state-of-the-art PACS, a zero-install DICOM Viewer with a comprehensive set of report templates, as well as a robust system for patient scheduling, technologist dispatching, and billing. Image interpretation by a trusted radiologist licensed in your state is also a great opportunity we offer.
We stay in tune with recent industry developments and our customers’ needs. Here are four updates to help your reading doctors and facilitate your billing processes. If you are our customer, please see details below.
If you’re not with EMSOW yet, please visit our website, learn about our services, and schedule a demo. You will see how it works (and even try it!), have your questions answered, and compare prices.
[#19707] Cobb angle measurement tool
With this update, you have one more measurement tool at your disposal in our DICOM Viewer. The new one is for measuring the Cobb angle which determines the degree of spinal cu...
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It’s essential that your PACS system is regularly updated in compliance with the latest industry developments. This week we have integrated the current ICD-10 database and added a new payment option to facilitate your revenue collection and increase profit.
Yes, EMSOW is more than just an affordable PACS system. We also offer medical billing, scheduling, and even exam interpretation at special partner rates. We’ve got you covered!
If you are not yet with EMSOW, please visit our website: emsow.com
[#20919] Updated ICD-10 codes
To keep your medical coding up to date, we have added to EMSOW all new codes from 2021 ICD-10-CM, removed those no longer in use, and updated code descriptions. Keep your PACS updated!
[#20933] Collect card payments from insurance companies
Insurance companies often send a virtual debit card instead of checks. EMSOW now makes it possible to charge those cards right from the payment posting window!
To do this, you will need an active Stripe integration. A...
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Time to streamline your patient document management!
EMSOW updates patient document management. Mobile imaging businesses, correctional facilities, and radiology providers take benefit from state-of-the-art cloud PACS, a zero-install DICOM Viewer with a built-in set of customizable report templates, as well as a robust system for patient scheduling, technologist dispatching, and billing. Another opportunity we offer is image interpretation by a trusted radiologist licensed in your state.
If you would like to simplify and optimize your imaging workflow and cut your costs, check out our website!
[#20859] Document management: send service documents to any email or fax
Previously, you could send service documents by email or fax only to the referring doctor or facility (provided that their email address or fax number had been entered in the referring doctor or facility settings). With this update, we give you more flexibility by allowing you to send service documents to an arbitrary email or fax. Just t...
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Many imaging professionals consider that all PACS providers offer the same.
However, there's something that makes EMSOW entirely different. On our platform, you can get your images read by board-certified radiologists licensed in your state. As for standard features, such as cloud storage, dispatching, and DICOM viewer, we improve them on a weekly basis based on our customers’ feedback – so if you would like to build an optimal software suite for your business, ask us how!
This week, we have updated our draft reporting functionality (please see the description below). If you would like to simplify and optimize your imaging workflow and cut your costs, check out our website!
[#20866] Load the last saved report draft from any study or the same study
Did you know that EMSOW can automatically fill in your report template with what was entered in the patient’s previous study? This can save you a lot of time when it comes to filling out patient consultation reports.
Now we’ve decided to go further and given our users an ability to choose whether to pull...
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This week we have made a few improvements to enhance the efficiency of your workflow and billing.
If you’re not with EMSOW yet, visit our website, explore our services, and schedule a live demo or free consultation. You will see how it works (and even try it!), have your questions answered, and compare prices.
[#20852] Faster “End of month” report generation
We have optimized the “End of month” report generation. Now it takes less time than ever to get the report.
[#20830] Sending claims without a payer address
With this update, you can send electronic claims without providing a payer address in the insurance department settings. To make use of this new feature, double-click into the necessary billing connector (Setup → Billing → Billing Connectors) and enable the allow sending claims without a payer address checkbox.
Teleradiology is the transfer of medical images via information technologies. It has a long history (much older than the Internet). But before the 1990s it was not widely used because of the expense, inefficiency, and poor image quality. Today, the development of IT has reversed this trend. Now teleradiology guarantees an increase in imaging procedures by up to 6–12% annually.
If you deal with X-rays, ultrasounds, or CTs, you surely know about DICOM, PACS, and RIS, and utilize these tools in your practice. These means of image transfer are quite common. However, their convenience and security vary considerably...
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EMSOW® optimizes your diagnostic imaging and medical billing workflows. We help hundreds of mobile providers all over the USA decrease their turnaround time, cut reading costs, and speed up the revenue collection cycle.
This week we have rolled out five updates to extend EMSOW’s DICOM and billing functionality and make our platform even more intuitive and user-friendly!
If you’re not with EMSOW yet, visit our website and explore our products and services. Contact us now to learn what bonuses and discounts you can get if you join the EMSOW nation as a startup!
[#20754] Arrange diagnosis codes on claims in the same order as they are entered
Previously, EMSOW did not keep the order of ICD-10 codes that were entered when scheduling a procedure, which caused problems with billing for certain procedures that require a certain diagnosis order. From now on, the codes will be arranged just as entered initially!
For example, here’s a case that was coded via Processing:
Dear providers!
This week we have put out seven updates improving EMSOW’s billing, dispatching, and task management functionality. That’s what you’ll find in the latest version of EMSOW.
[#20668] Export data from the Dispatch module
The latest version of EMSOW’s Dispatch module allows you to export the necessary data to an Excel spreadsheet. Click the Export button on the module's toolbar and you will see a pop-up window where you can choose what data needs to be exported. And finally, click OK to get your report!
[#20758] Improvements in the Referring Contracts module
We have upgraded the data grid in the Referring Contracts module – now it shows contract terms and discounts, thus sparing you from having to double-click into each contract to see the contract details.
Dear providers!
This week we have improved EMSOW’s PACS, billing, DICOM, and task management functionality. Six updates, all requested by our customers! Thank you for helping us become better. We’re here to power up your business.
[#20749] Import of exam reasons from DICOM
We ❤️ interfacing and have helped many teleradiology companies connect with their clients via DICOM. This small update extends your options for DICOM tag mapping: now you can automatically populate the Reason for exam field in EMSOW from DICOM tag 0040,1400 (RequestedProcedureComments).
Note that the exam reason text can be mapped to our report templates as well, so that your reading doctors can avoid searching for the exam reason throughout the system.
[#20721] View billing tags history in Processing
Billing tags are a useful tool, but knowing who and when created a tag...
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Dear providers!
EMSOW would like to wish you and your families a happy and safe Labor Day. In observance of the federal holiday, our support and sales departments will be closed on Monday (September 7, 2020). However, all our systems will be up and operating as usual – and below are a couple of new things we have added this week.
Many of our customers limit their use of EMSOW to the cloud PACS (which includes a zero-install DICOM viewer, as well as built-in dispatch and scheduling capabilities). We would like you to explore our state-of-the-art billing module that covers all the revenue cycle management tasks – from checking eligibility and claim generation to automated posting of ERAs and direct Part A billing.
In the latest version of EMSOW, we put out several improvements to power up your billing – please see details below. And if you are not a billing user yet, feel free to get in touch to learn more and schedule a live demo!
[#20709] "Fee Schedule Reimbursements" module
We have added a new module that allows you to store standard procedure fees for future p...
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Today, a growing number of patients wish to have access to their health information. There are several reasons for that. They may need to change a doctor, learn a second opinion or just want to get control of their health records and feel independent of their providers. Whatever the reason, the Right to be Informed and the Right to Information are provided by law and the norms of professional ethics. Therefore, medical businesses should give patients access to their info. However, there are some transferability and privacy issues.
So, what are the ways of sharing medical info with patients?
Addressing a doctor or a facility directly is traditional, and, probably, the most troublesome way. Imagine that you need to get your records from a doctor you haven’t seen for months or even years. You’ll have to visit the facility and ask the front desk officer to retrieve your history. T...
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Dear providers!
EMSOW would like to wish you and your families a happy and safe Labor Day. In observance of the federal holiday, our support and sales departments will be closed on Monday (September 7, 2020). However, all our systems will be up and operating as usual – and below are a couple of new things we have added this week.
[#20638] View service information changes in order history
We have improved our data management functionality so that you could track service information changes more efficiently. Open an order in the Processing module, then click History. The “Modify” status points now will display details on what exactly was modified when you hover your mouse over “Details.” For example, you can see if someone changed a study description, as well as the identifiers of the previous and the current study type.
[#20594] Finalize reports from Rendering ...
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