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Scurry County health department recommends electronic billing and flags large training line
Summary
Health department staff requested funding for an electronic medical records/billing system to improve Medicaid reimbursements, explained contract-labor and medical-fee accounting, and said training and education lines jumped in the prior year and need review.
County health staff reviewed the department’s preliminary budget and asked the commissioners to consider a request for electronic medical records and billing to improve Medicaid reimbursement. Kyle, speaking for the health department, said the county still relies on paper charts and that a vendor’s billing arrangement would likely cost a baseline fee "about $500 a month," with additional charges per encounter depending on volume.
Kyle said contract…
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