Re: it is too good to be true most likely ......

[Guest guest]

Greg, stop and take a deep breath. The fact that you need an exit solution does not mean that you will jump if somebody is trying to sell you the golden gate?

I talked to a guy yesterday that was trying to sell me the HMO idea.

I can hardly handle my neonate practice and I will go and get involve in something that I can not understand?

Dear Greg, do you think is a good idea when somebody is in the process of divorce get involved with another partner that is married at the moment?

I just opened in Nov 2011, I need patients but I do not need anyone that call. The other day I had a call from a couple that wanted to establish with me.

When they came the wife could not stand alone, fall asleep trying to open her purse to show ID.

They wanted me to refill without verification all long list of narcotics.

I could not see the wife because she was under the influence. he got upset because I did not refill his pain meds.

I like the idea of new patients but do I need this? nope.

I kindly told him to get another doctor that I would not be his pcp to him or his family.

I was not expecting that, I check the Florida website for narcotics prescriptions after they left,

They were Doctor shopping and I was the sucker next on their list.

If I want to open my shop at least I want to have some control and do the right thing.

I feel when you open your practice is like the blood is in the water and all the sharks want a bite.

anyway sorry about the long post.

Adolfo( walking towards my Santiago de Compostela)

To: Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 10:49 PMSubject: Re: HelloHealth

You are right. The cost will add up. The $3, in my case, would be included in the membership fee. You see up the program with HelloHealth, and the fee can be whatever you want it to be, but they get their $3/mos. So if the membership is $45/mos, you're only getting the $42. They also take a cut from the video visits, but I am not sure what that is.I guess the selling point is that there is no startup fee. Minimal hardware needs. No upgrade or support fees. It will add up though, you are right. I am thinking of a panel more like 400-500 though.Need to look into other options. Like the Avado someone mentioned the other day. Totally free.G> >> >> >> > With a new IMP in mind, I demo'ed HelloHealth yesterday. Here's what I> > learned.> >> > A very unique business model. It's a web portal designed for "patient> > management," instead of practice management. Patients pay for it. $3/mos> to> > sign up. As a patient, if you use it (and if your physician uses it), it's> > wonderful. You log in and

can view/use a secure messaging platform. You> can> > request an appointment, specifying the type of appointment, e.g., office> > visit, or virtual video visit, or annual physical, and then you see a> > calendar of available slots. You decide. Cannot get more open access than> > that! You can also review and amend your health information, vitals> > trending, family history, medicines, allergies, procedural history. Lastly> > you can see your "My Library" which is where you can read copies of past> > visit notes, lab results, consult notes, etc. You can also add information> > here.> >> > Everything the patient can see is in the control of the physician. You> > decide what part of the visit notes are visible, what kinds of appts are> > available, when they're available, and, if someone does

add something to> > their record, you are prompted to approve it.> >> > The physician logs in to the same site, sees a lot of the same> information,> > but also has access to the whole Schedule, TO DO lists, and the Visits> > section, or the note generator part of the EMR. As an EMR goes, this> > section is fairly boilerplate. Not that customizable. Easy templating. I> > would say, "functional." I think I would have trouble using this section> in> > my current practice--wouldn't be quick enough--but might be fine in a> micro> > practice. Once you are done with the note, you can tab over to a billing> > section, and enter, for example, a visit charge, and charge for any> > additional supplies. You have on that

screen the option of choosing CARD> or> > CASH. If you choose card, their credit card on record simply charges the> > visit. But they have the option of paying on the spot instead. Finally,> the> > next tab opens and generates a Superbill which can, with a click, be sent> > to their "My Library" as a pdf, and which they can use to TRY to get their> > insurance to reimburse (MWHA HA HA, we all know what that means!).> >> > It does not any further billing functions. If you're using this in a> > traditional practice, you would have to print the day's Superbills and> > simply send them to your biller.> >> > So, overall, the strengths are an

elegantly simply interface, from the> > patient's perspective and the physician's. Also just the new way of> running> > an office. The weakness is its use as a Note Generator and the lack of> > insurance billing functionality. And, possibly, its newness and questions> > about their longetivity.> >> > I don't know the whole story, but I guess HelloHealth started as a project> > of (or included) Jay Parkinson, MD, the pediatrician that got a lot of> > press a few years ago for his innovative Brooklyn practice. But there was> > trouble and there was a big split and he is no longer part of the project.> > It's now run by a Canadian company called Myca Health.> >>