I love fall. It is such a great time to take stock in what you have accomplished and to recharge your batteries for the long hard charge through winter. I recently had the pleasure of taking a backpacking trip to the beautiful Mt. Rogers region of Virginia and spent a weekend hiking the Appalachian Trail at…
EHR Incentives – thought you were left out ? Maybe not!
Promising news for Community Services, IDD, and Behavioral Healthcare providers may have just come from the most unlikely of places. A proposed revision to the regulations on Medicaid Managed Care was published recently, and in it is language that gives MCO, PIHP, PAHP, PCCM entities the latitude to provide incentive funds to providers. Here is…
Compliance – How do you ever keep up?
After reviewing the latest communication bulletin from one of North Carolina's MCO's this weekend it hit me – the layers of red tape and regulation faced by the human services provider world has just taken yet another leap. In the wrong direction no less! The communication talked of penalties and recoupment for services rendered to…
Lawmakers work through Labor Day – But what will we really get?
You didn’t have to look to far this weekend to find articles, news stories and blog posts about NC lawmakers working through the weekend to come to a resolution on a budget. But when its all said and done, what are we really getting? Well, I can’t say that I am qualified to examine all…
From the support desk – Account security do’s and Don’ts
Our team of intrepid support professionals spend their days locked in an almost Sherlock Holmes like battle with their inbox. Each passing hour brings a new email challenge to decipher, analyze and ultimately solve – all for the betterment of our awesome customers. Recently, we asked our support team to pass along to us some…
There’s more than just education at risk as NC budget approval lingers on
The headlines lately have been full of stories about those that stand to be hurt by the continued delays in passing a new 2-year spending bill in North Carolina. Indeed the delays are inexcusable, and the immediate impacts to education will likely grab headlines for weeks and months to come; and for good reason. There…
How to keep ICD from turning into OMG!
We at Aym Technologies have had many calls, emails and support tickets in the last few months from customers as they make their final preparations for the ICD10 conversion happening in October. Given the fact that this transition has been looming for many years now,and has been delayed so many times I stopped counting, its…
Let’s Light this Candle! – Your Pre-Launch Checklist for ICD-10
Commencing ignition sequence in 10-9-8… It’s that time folks! ICD-10 is here and ready or not October 1 is happening. As we here at Aym begin our final preparations for this historic event, we wanted to take a few moments and share some last minute suggestions. The following is a list of things that…
ICD-10 One Month After Launch
Well, October 1st has come and gone. We are all still here, and most importantly, it looks like we are all still in business! As I reflect on the whole ICD-10 journey, several key points stand out as important learning: We talked about this, A LOT – More than any other transition that I can…
Mental Health Parity, Still a Long Way to Go
It has been more than 7 years since former president George W. Bush signed the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) into law. Designed to help ensure that Americans with Mental Health and Addiction issues could be assured the same access to treatment as those suffering from medical issues like cancer or heart disease. Sadly…