Two of the systems shared some similarities

American HealthTech Advanced MD

AthenaNet

Two of the systems shared some similarities • Advanced MD and AthenaNet are used in

private physician practices.• American HealthTech functions are different

because it is used in a nursing home.

American HealthTech

• A large complex system designed to share information with all caregivers in the facility.

• Has 14 system specific modules with different functions depending on the user.

• Modules are interconnected to each other sharing information about a large number of patients.

Connected to corporate office and 7 other facilities in North Carolina

Corporate office

Crystal Bluffs Rehab and Health

Center

Whispering Pines

Nursing and Rehab

Haymount Nursing

and Rehab

Heartland Living and

Rehab

Bayview Nursing and

Rehab

Adams Farm Living and

Rehab

Century Care of

Laurinburg

Laurinburg

Jamestown

Cary

Morehead City

Fayetteville

Fayetteville

Greensboro

New Bern

Advanced MD

• Is and EHR, Clinical and Medical billing software.

• Improves patient care and practice profitability• Provides unique, customized templates to meet

office specific needs.• Is a web-based program designed to effectively

meet the requirements of most medical offices.• Provides automatic and free updates as well as

hourly Data back up.

AthenaNet

• This program is used by many healthcare agencies to provide services to their patients from registration to depositing payments directly to the agencies' bank accounts.

• Athena is a live program. It can be logged in from any computer at any time on the website.

• Very easy to use and navigate.

AthenaNet

American HealthTech

No scheduling function All patients have to be admitted into the building to receive careUsed by everyone in a different way depending on their job:• Social workers• Nurses• Medical records• Dietary• Administrator• Director of Nursing• MDS coordinator

Advanced MD

Primary use patient care and billing.

• Registration• scheduling• checking in/out patients• Entering labs and other tests

results• Patient billing• Medical records• Remote Access, form anywhere

with internet connection

AthenaNet Features• Schedule Appointments• Register Patients• TOS Transactions• Billing/Track Billing Claims• Reports• Staff Calendars• Insurance Eligibility Verification• Has a research feature that helps finds procedure and diagnosis

codes.• Access to EHR• Confirmation/Collection Calls

All 3 systems have similar login formats, main screens are color coded for easy navigation.

Systems all provide e-learning and webinars for effective care coordination and profitable operation.

They also manage and track insurance eligibility, however 2 of the offices are private practices and the other a residential facility which functions as part of a group practice, the billing and payment processes are

different.

Advanced MD

The physician checks off the CPT and ICD codes on an

online charge slip

Codes are sent to the billing office, then Advanced

MD also reviews, through

clearinghouse

Insurance claims are filed

Advanced MD verifies, post and adjust as need. For quick and

effective payment approval

The system also automatically calculates copayments and tracks outstanding balances.

American HealthTech

•The MDS coordinator creates a care plan for each resident

•Assessments are done for each resident•If Medicare, they are done every 5, 14, 30, 60, and 90 days- quarterly after 90 days•For all other insurance, assessments are done quarterly

•Assessments are transmitted to the state database•The state is billed at the end of the month

•The facility gets paid based on the score the assessments receive•The score is based on how much assistance the resident needs.

•Medicare/Medicaid pays accordingly•Medicare pays $300-$700 per resident per day•Medicaid pays $1-$3 per resident per day

There are no copayments to track because all residents are in the building are there for short

or long term care.

The system automatically tracks available Medicare days.

All the systems work well for their intended purposes

The individuals we interviewed all enjoyed what the systems had to offer their offices

If running a nursing home I would choose American HealthTech

If running a physicians office I would choose Advanced MD

PowerPoint CollaborationCynthia MckinneyIngrid BarrowKarla Jorgensen

Cynthia initiated the PowerPoint, she created the slides and inputted her information and some of mine(Ingrid), I then went ahead and made adjustments by making my part more detailed and making a few changes. Then Karla went ahead and placed her slides on the bottom of the PowerPoint and emailed it back to me, I went in and placed Karla’s slides in the correct order and made necessary changes to include 3 systems instead of the

two from the original PowerPoint.