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• From the Field to the Clinic: This Independent Sports Medicine Physician Shows What It Means To Have Your Head in the Game
• And endocrinologist finds joy, transformation in practicing on her own terms
• As Medicine and Business Collide, One Physician Doubles Down on Uncompromising Care
• A doctor’s two-decade quest for fulfillment
• Walking the Walk: How One Doctor Uses His Health Journey to Guide Patients
• A Nurse Practitioner Who Doesn’t Have to Say ‘No’ to Her Patients
• How Patient-Centered Care Drives This Independent Physician’s Specialty Practice
• Bringing An Anti-aging Inspired Philosophy To Direct Primary Care
• This Independent Primary Care Physician Shows What It Means To Be a True Family Physician
• The Nurse Practitioner Who’s Fighting for Access to Primary Care
• How Direct Primary Care Enables Physicians To Live Their Values
• This Independent Primary Care Physician Uses Compassionate Communication To Stay Close to Rural Patients
• Migrant Detention Centers, Mindfulness, and Making a Difference as a Pediatrician
• How This Direct Primary Care Physician Is Earning Patient Trust
• Bringing Trust and Transparency Back to Medicine
• How this physician found fulfillment and respect in independent practice after a hospital role
• From Burnout and Bureaucracy, a Rock Star Doctor Rises
• Meet the Independent Primary Care Physician Who Cartooned His Way to Well-Being
• The patient always comes first: How a Hawaiian physician thrives in independent primary care
• Meet the Community Physician Committed to Pursuing Balance Between Family and Medicine
• The Godfather of Direct Primary Care Creates a More Ethical Career Path for Independent Physicians
• During the Pandemic, Mission and Margins Collide in Independent Primary Care

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• Elation Featured in EHR Intelligence
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• Elation Health chosen as Top Small Practice EMR for Best in KLAS 2020
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• Kyna Fong featured in Fast Company article
• Dr. Sara Pastoor on how medical practices can prepare for the post-COVID boom
• HealthLeaders Interview: Kyna Fong on how EHRs can be designed to empower physicians
• The U.S. Health Care System Isn’t Built for Primary Care
• Kyna Fong featured in Authority Magazine
• Elation Health Announces $40M Series C To Power Independent Primary Care
• Forbes Advisor names Elation among the Best E-Prescribing software of 2022
• Elation Health and Dock Health Team to Optimize Clinical Operations and Improve Organizational Performance
• Medical Economics on Kyna Fong's optimistic vision for primary care as a sustainable foundation for healthcare
• Software Finder on the Three Benefits of Elation For DPC Physicians
• Media Roundup: Elation's new leaders featured in MedCityNews, HISTalk Practice, and Fierce Healthcare
• Elation Health Grows Primary Care Vision with Three New Executive Hires
• Readers Write: Are HCC Codes and RAF Scores Enough?
• STAT Opinion piece: The danger of letting primary care be a rescue path for burned out subspecialists
• Listen to Kyna Fong discuss how technology can empower the patient physician relationship on 3M’s Inside Angle podcast
• Elation Health Chosen for AAFP Innovation Lab to Reduce Burdens for Family Physicians

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• Summer proposals for independent practice policy updates
• What is the ROI of patient engagement?
• What kind of SEO keywords should you be ranking for your new practice?
• Getting positive online reviews for your DPC practice
• Finding a developer-driven value-based platform for innovative primary care organizations
• Training your new practice staff on cybersecurity
• Understanding EPCS
• What are the services provided by a direct care provider?
• Innovative EHR features: Medical office visit note template
• The different types of membership-based practices
• What is community oriented primary care?
• Drawing up a primary care business plan
• Tips for cloud-based EHR security
• Direct primary care mapper: How many DPC practices are in the US today?
• Drawing up a direct primary care business plan
• How many patients does a doctor have a day?
• Tips for hiring staff at your new independent practice
• Finding a website developer for your new practice website
• Tips for optimizing your independent practice workflow
• Navigating the healthcare staffing crisis as a new small practice
• Negotiating lab pricing with vendors as a DPC practice
• Does your DPC practice have a marketing strategy?
• The relationship between burnout and practice management
• KLAS report shows clinician burnout, EHR satisfaction linked to likelihood to leave org
• Announcing: The Empowering Sustainable Primary Care eBook
• Reasons why PCPs are switching to concierge medicine
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• The Do's and Don'ts of DPC physician marketing
• Does HIPAA apply to direct care practices?
• The cost of medication non-compliance and how on-site health clinics can help
• Everything you need to know about Ohio's Positive Identification Law and how Elation supports it
• Applying the direct care membership model to specialty practices
• The economic downturn and primary care
• Does your EHR offer seamless ePrescribing?
• Study shows why employer plans could benefit from DPC care
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• The average number of patients for a DPC practice
• Fixing the broken economics of primary care
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• Is inflation affecting independent practice finances?
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• What is direct care?
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• Explaining interoperability challenges for EHRs
• Independent physician associations (IPAs) v. medical groups
• What are common EHR features?
• What is community-oriented primary care (COPC)?
• Considerations for opting out of Medicare as a direct care physician
• Direct primary care and patient engagement
• How to Run an Independent Medical Practice
• Direct primary care and population health
• The Primary Care Quarterback: How great primary care means better care management
• What to consider when finding a DPC practice location
• The history of electronic health records (EHRs)
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• What exactly does quality mean in the healthcare context?
• What is the relationship between EHRs and care coordination?
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• Care coordination v. care management
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• History of patient charting
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• The Business Side of Medicine: Everything You Need to Know
• What is care collaboration?
• Tips for getting more referrals for your new independent practice
• How many patients are most primary care physicians seeing?
• 3 ways an EHR can reduce administrative burden
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• Biggest physician barriers to value-based care
• What should the API capabilities of a modern EHR look like?
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• What is health equity?
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• Everything new practices need to know about EHRs and HIPAA
• EHR interoperability and primary care
• What is an MSSP ACO?
• How technology can support practice management
• First steps for starting a new DPC practice
• The key role of care groups in value-based care
• Interoperability trends for 2022
• Finding an EHR that's easy to use
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• Why your growth depends on APIs
• How to maintain a digital marketing routine for your independent practice
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• How long does it take you to look through a patient's record?
• The importance of having 24/7 customer support for your independent practice EHR
• Tips for retaining patients at your independent practice
• Understanding EHR certification criteria
• How clinical-first EHRs can help you win back "pajama time"
• Elation doctor Dr. Julie Gunther shares her wisdom about the DPC model
• Population health management trends for 2022
• Everything you need to know about medical practice loans
• The importance of primary care during the pandemic
• The development of electronic health records
• What are the most important care quality measures?
• Financial success tips for new practices
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• 2022 Healthcare trends for primary care
• Direct primary care and the healthcare system
• Your value-based care roadmap for 2022
• What is FHIR?
• Everything you need to know about EHRs and data migration
• Finding an EHR solution that supports MACRA
• The importance of healthcare APIs
• What is the history of value based care?
• What makes DPC EHRs unique?
• The importance of independent practices in rural areas
• Office technology 101 for a DPC practice
• How to establish an emotional connection with your patients
• The importance of collaborative care for primary care
• How technology is reshaping primary care
• Developing a no-show policy for your new practice
• Considerations for starting a new DPC practice out of medical school
• Should you create an operations manual for your independent practice?
• Growing Skills to Expand Your Independent Practice in 2022
• Why your independent practice should consider having a blog
• Pediatrics and direct primary care
• Care coordination best practices for new independent primary care practices
• How a Small-town Physician Rediscovered Her Love of Medicine
• What is local SEO and how can it help independent practices grow?
• What are alternative payment models?
• What is your unique selling proposition?
• What do primary care physicians need to know about omicron?
• The long term impact of COVID-19 on care delivery
• Tips for retaining patients in the long-term for your DPC practice
• Bill collecting tips for your independent primary care practice
• The different kinds of electronic medical records software
• HIPAA risks to avoid among care groups
• Is your EHR clinically valuable?
• Myths about starting a new medical practice
• What the pandemic taught independent practices about telehealth in the long term
• The importance of effective communication for growing your DPC practice
• Onboarding a new patient to your DPC practice
• Why EHR systems need to be designed with the physician in mind
• Things to look for in an ideal EHR
• Technology, automating workflows, and improving care coordination
• Promo tactics for your DPC practice
• Why primary care is the most important lever to improve health outcomes
• Tips for improving patient satisfaction
• Marketing tactics for new independent practices
• Can technology mitigate burnout?
• Why is Risk Stratification Important?
• Care groups and care coordination
• Improving the online reputation of your practice
• The importance of pre-visit patient engagement during COVID for your DPC practice
• New practices checklist: Everything you need to start a new independent practice
• What will the future of primary care look like?
• What exactly is a certified EHR?
• MIPS/MIPS Value Pathways update
• Everything new independent practices need to know in terms of health policy
• Telehealth after COVID-19: What policy changes are likely to become permanent?
• Making data actionable under value-based care
• Should I start or join a DPC practice?
• Should I offer a waitlist for my DPC practice?
• Telephone tips for physicians and staff
• What is a gap in care and how can independent practices close care gaps?
• The U.S. Health Care System Isn’t Built for Primary Care
• HealthLeaders Interview: Kyna Fong on how EHRs can be designed to empower physicians
• Considerations for adding new revenue streams for your independent practice
• Tips for opening a hybrid DPC practice
• Dr. Sara Pastoor on how medical practices can prepare for the post-COVID boom
• Dr. Kimura: Primary care is good for more than the heart
• How independent practices can move toward value-based care
• Study Shows Direct Primary Care Increases Patient-Centered Care Access
• Balancing employer patients and individual patients
• The value and function of HIE integrations
• EHR pricing for independent practices
• EHRs are the front end of Revenue Cycle Management (RCM)
• Check out our portal for new practices!
• The ABCs of DPC: Getting started with DPC
• Learning opportunities for independent physicians during COVID-19
• MIPS Updates for Independent Primary Care Practices
• What’s next for the CMS Innovation Center and Primary Care Payment Models?
• Engaging patients to be more involved in their healthcare
• Kyna Fong featured in Fast Company article
• Strategies for healthier finances in 2021
• Direct care model less stressful for physicians
• Happy National Doctor’s Day From Elation!
• How will independent primary care physicians access COVID vaccines?
• DPC 2021 Policy Update
• EHRs and care gaps
• Telehealth and EHR integrations
• What is CMS doing to tackle interoperability?
• Virtual care strategies for primary care
• What primary care physicians need to know about the coronavirus vaccine
• Health policy forecast for 2021
• 2021 physician reimbursement trends
• DPC business planning for 2021
• Elation CEO and Dr. Southerland featured on HISTalk
• The revenue cycle, COVID-19, and on-site clinics
• Budgeting expenses for your direct primary care (DPC) practice
• How to maintain patient volume at your practice through the pandemic
• A guide to new MIPS/MACRA changes
• Primary care physicians and the vaccine rollout
• Direct primary care (DPC) for unemployed patients
• Tips for patient-focused telehealth
• What is cloud-based interoperability?
• The quality of healthcare and COVID-19
• Sustainable Healthcare: Unlocking the Potential of Primary Care
• Elation Health Announces $40M Series C To Power Independent Primary Care
• New additions to Elation’s patient payments
• Coronavirus and on-site, near-site health clinics
• Can telemedicine help close care gaps?
• Growth and churn in DPC practices
• EHR cost considerations
• Telehealth and the patient-physician relationship
• Interoperability considerations for health policy
• Check out Elation's new blog: The Practice
• What are the legal risks of COVID-19?
• A guide to PPE for an independent practice
• Demand for Direct Care has grown since the start of the pandemic
• Is telemedicine the new normal?
• Elation co-founder shares expertise on telehealth and wearables
• Introducing new telehealth capabilities, directly within Elation
• COVID-19 and cash flow for independent practices
• Sparks from a DPC physician
• Customize your Appointment Reminders for Virtual Visits
• What is primary care?
• Primary care and the COVID-19 pandemic
• The “new normal” for independent primary care practices
• Responses to your Medical History Forms can now be exported to more places
• Addressing primary care payment
• Physician burnout survey highlights burnout rate
• Is help actually getting to primary care practices on the front-lines?
• What to do when COVID-19 enters your physician practice
• California Medical Association calls for retention grants for independent physicians
• How to help your patients cope with anxiety from coronavirus
• Trump administration announces new regulatory waivers and rule changes for COVID-19 relief
• What is happening with primary care?
• COVID-19 grocery shopping tips for patients
• Introducing Elation's financial guide
• CMS announces MIPS COVID-19 Clinical Trials improvement activity
• CMS Issues Recommendations to Re-Open practices in Areas with Low Incidence of COVID-19
• Tips for keeping your practice open during a pandemic
• COVID-19 and Direct Primary Care’s strengths
• What is the Clinical impact of COVID-19?
• Video Series: Transitioning to telehealth using Elation
• HHS Care Act additional allocations
• Small primary care practices are disproportionately struggling with COVID-19
• 8 tips to improve patient satisfaction
• COVID-19 Resource Center launched for independent practices
• 5 tips to start Panel Management in your independent practice
• Why Direct Primary Care is the future
• A Guide to Delivering Care Through Telehealth
• How to communicate COVID-19 changes to patients
• CMS approves $34 billion for providers
• A sigh of relief on the frontlines of independent primary care
• Understanding the CARES Act and what it means for independent practices
• How COVID-19 is affecting independent primary care
• Panel Management Versus Care Management
• The importance of an efficient EHR
• Physician loans and direct primary care practices
• MIPS deadline extended in response to COVID-19
• Primary care and the coronavirus pandemic
• Learn more about the new COVID-19 billing codes
• How care management can increase your independent practice revenue
• How to educate communities on Direct Primary Care
• COVID-19 and telemedicine services for independent practices
• Elation is here to help you address COVID-19 with your patients
• Budgeting for your small practice
• Why is there a decline in primary care visits?
• How to discuss the cost of care with patients
• Direct primary care physicians guide to 2020
• What are care management best practices?
• Responding to coronavirus concerns as a primary care physician
• Understanding Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All proposal
• Weekly Rounds: Independent physicians in 2020, DPC practice locations, care management
• DFW Direct Care Dinner Event
• What are the benefits of independent physicians and practices
• Finding the best EHR for small practices
• Is biometric data a HIPAA risk?
• Primary care physicians guide to 2020
• Setting up direct care practice administration and logistics
• What are some useful care management tools?
• Elation is now PCMH Pre-Validated
• Elation Health chosen as Top Small Practice EMR for Best in KLAS 2020
• What are the benefits of care management?
• Explaining the primary care shortage and the importance of primary care
• Pacific Medical Group Physicians Honored by AHA
• Independent physicians guide to 2020
• Elation physician Dr. Steven Mussey on his love for cartoons and patient care
• What is Care Management?
• Worksite clinics increase among large employers
• How to draft a business plan for a new DPC practice
• History of CMS primary care initiative
• 5 tips to start care management at your independent practice
• How to evaluate an onsite clinic
• How can direct care physicians use video to engage patients?
• What independent physicians need to know about opting out of Medicare
• EHRs and their potential for independent physicians
• Independent practices and cybersecurity considerations
• How to find the best EHR for your primary care practice
• Make booking fast and easy with patient self-scheduling
• It's time for primary care physicians to rethink technology in their exam rooms
• How independent physicians are at the crux of value-based care
• DPC and non-benefited employees
• On-site, near-site clinics growing in appeal
• Gauging ACO success in 2019
• What is high-value care?
• Tips for succeeding under Primary Care First as a small practice
• What is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)?
• Trump administration attempts to revise Stark Law for value-based care
• Making money decisions as an independent physician
• DPC policy updates for 2019
• The history of onsite clinics
• Primary Care First Applications announced: What do independent physicians need to know?
• What you need to know about the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) performance results
• Everything independent physicians need to know about today's healthcare landscape
• What is a patient-centered medical home?
• How will technology play a role in Primary Care First?
• Write Prescriptions More Easily with Elation’s new Rx Form
• Starting a Direct Primary Care Practice: A Quick Overview
• Who really owns your patient data?
• Everything you need to know about the new physician fee schedule
• Many hospital-employed doctors are switching to independent practices
• Direct primary care (DPC) and the front office
• What kinds of organizations could get the most out of primary care first?
• Primary Care EHR: Finding the Right Tools for an Independent Primary Care Physician
• Improving Doctor-Patient Relationships as an Independent Primary Care Physician
• EHR implementation tips
• What is the difference between direct primary care (DPC) and an independent physician association (IPA)?
• Top patient safety concerns in 2019
• Direct care and labor unions collaborate
• How is MIPS changing in 2020
• Independent Primary Care Physician: How to Flourish Independently
• Medicare for All: An overview for independent practices
• Population health and social determinants of health
• 25 percent of physicians want a new EHR according to survey
• Value-based care is driving more and more physicians to seek outside support
• Who is eligible to participate in Primary Care First?
• Direct primary care and office management
• Top 5 questions to ask when choosing an independent practice EHR
• How DPC doctors could start seeing Medicare patients
• 2019 Medicare Advantage and Part D Prescription Drug Program updates
• Employer health care costs expected to rise 6 percent in 2020
• Independent primary care physicians are more productive than hospital-employed physicians according to study
• Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+): what are the updates for 2019?
• Study shows time physicians spend on their EHRs
• Operating as an LLC vs PLLC: How to make the right choice
• How ACOs could better utilize EHRs
• Introducing the PHQ-9 Questionnaire to Elation
• The importance of a certified EHR
• What is the patient load sweet spot for direct primary care physicians?
• What are chronological records?
• Why Elation Health supports CMS’ proposal to send discharge or ADT feeds from hospitals for improved interoperability
• What are the benefits of participating in Primary Care First as an independent practice?
• Introducing Elation Smart Coding for BMI
• Overview of the Elation Health API, our solution for interoperability and connecting physicians and patients at the point of care
• How to best utilize EHR technology as an independent physician
• What are the ways MACRA has changed in 2019?
• What is the future of primary care?
• Direct care and in-office dispensing
• Most young patients say EHRs have improved care quality according to new survey
• What is patient-focused care?
• What is the patient load sweet spot for independent physicians?
• Are you an independent physician considering joining an ACO?
• New data shows patient satisfaction and care quality improvements with EHRs
• Considerations for Direct Care pricing and service offerings
• The benefits of DPC for local governments
• Primary Care First Explained: Everything independent physicians need to know about Medicare's new quality program for primary care
• What is the importance of care quality?
• CPC+ and population health management
• How to evaluate an independent clinic
• The movement around independent physician associations
• Suggestions to improve MACRA and MIPs
• How to search for a new EHR for an independent practice
• Interoperability a focus at HIMSS 2019
• Weekly Rounds: Interoperability Rules, Small Practice, Support, Patient Engagement, Ideal EHRs
• One Login improves patient engagement and lets patients access their charts more easily
• What industry leaders think about the new proposed interoperability rules
• Health Affairs article suggests CMS may need to support small practices more for MIPs
• What does an ideal EHR for employer clinics look like?
• CMS proposes new interoperability rules to close care gaps and improve data sharing
• Weekly Rounds: Value-Based Care, Virtual Services, Well-Conceived EHRs, Concierge Care, ACO Changes
• The cost-savings for direct primary care patients
• How on-site and near-site employer clinics can improve employee morale
• Why cloud-based EHRs are on the rise
• Report shows value-based care payments on the rise
• AAFP report shows the state of the family physician
• California payers, providers, and regulators are working together to improve data sharing
• What employers want from on-site clinics
• How to choose a new EHR for an independent practice
• How to address DPC objections
• CMS finalizes changes to Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) and ACO overhaul
• The patient experience of the future
• Care coordination vs case management: What's the difference?
• The power of the Elation DPC network & DPC partners
• When did EHRs begin?
• ONC and HHS draft strategy to improve EHR user experience
• What to do after an emergency visit
• Weekly Rounds: Patient Charting, MACRA Compliance, 2019 Tax Benefits, Online Tools, Patient Longitudinal Records
• Breaking down the major ACO changes from the MSSP final rule
• What kind of patients could benefit the most from DPC and concierge care?
• How DPC care can segue to direct-to-employer care
• How well-conceived EHRs could make things easier for independent physicians
• Medicare physician fee schedule updated to include virtual services
• How to tackle physician barriers to value-based care in 2019
• Value-based care and care management
• What are all the online tools DPC physicians need?
• How to take advantage of 2019 tax benefits from medical expenses as an independent physicians
• CMS seeks contractor to ease MACRA compliance for physicians
• Why a patient longitudinal record is important for ACOs
• What does it look like to be available to direct care patients 24/7?
• Employer health clinics and value-based care
• Former independent physician goes back to becoming independent doctor
• 93% of MIPs-eligible providers will receive a positive payment adjustment
• Latest findings show value-based care impact on preventative care and care quality
• Panel discusses changing primary care landscape
• Exploring the CMS final rule for MACRA and 2019 Physician Fee Schedule
• EHR tips for solo primary care physicians
• The benefit of direct care for on-site and near-site employer health clinics
• Should your direct care practice charge a registration fee?
• Health information exchanges (HIEs) and interoperability
• What do you need to know about getting a DPC license?
• A primer on PHI and what's illegal to disclose for independent physicians
• How the 2018 midterm election results may impact independent physicians
• Why doctors who work in small, independent primary care practices may have lower rates of physician burnout
• The primary care preferences of millennials
• How to choose between MACRA tracks (MIPS v APMs)
• Direct care is popular with patients and physicians
• Questions to ask about interoperability during EHR purchasing decision
• How to get the most out of using Elation's EHR: November 2018
• What are social determinants of health relevant to value-based care and primary care physicians?
• What are value based care and pay for performance strategies for independent physicians?
• Direct to employer care gaining steam
• How to integrate a cost-benefit analysis with value-based care
• Weekly Rounds: Population health, MIPs payment penalties, Certified EHRs, HIPAA, Care gaps
• Elation Health attends Direct Primary Care Conference 2018
• The core tenets of a care management system
• Understanding what kind of companies can benefit the most from on-site, near-site employer care
• What are the advantages of cloud-based EHRs for small and independent practices?
• Report says physicians seek clarity on alternative payment models
• Study shows how persuasive design principles in primary care could improve data entry in EHRs
• KPI Ninja Partners with Elation Health to Provide Real-Time Insights and Analytics to Direct Care Practices
• How primary care physicians could use EHRs for patient engagement in the future
• NAM emphasizes the importance of interoperability during EHR selection
• 5 attributes that independent physicians share with successful entrepreneurs
• Global on-site care market is growing
• How direct-to-employer care is driving comprehensive, affordable care
• ACOs and more advanced risk-taking models
• Physician burnout rates lower for small, independent practices
• Researchers recommend EHR certification for pediatric care
• What is shared-decision making?
• Preventative care v. preventive care
• How lack of interoperability affects value-based care
• How smaller employers are taking advantage of on-site and near-site employer healthcare
• How HSA reform could benefit direct care physicians
• Understanding the social determinants of health and how they impact population health
• 4C Medical Group to adopt Elation Health's Clinical Engagement Platform
• How to ensure employees are taking advantage of their benefits
• How to approach population health as a small, independent practice
• How adopting health data standards could enable interoperability
• Patient motivation and engagement techniques for primary care physicians
• Accountable care organizations (ACOs) to know
• Concierge medicine comes in all flavors and sizes
• The convenience of on-site, near-site employer clinics
• Eligible physicians have until October 15 to resolve MIPs scoring errors for 2017
• Advice on the management of complex patients
• The first things you need to do to start a direct care practice
• 13% of patients live in an area affected by the primary care shortage
• How is care quality measured?
• Understanding value-based care compensation for independent practices
• Useful apps for primary care physicians
• What are the consequences of rejecting insurance payment?
• Things to consider before making a tech investment for an independent practice
• Artificial intelligence and primary care
• Imagining a primary-care focused advanced APM
• Learning more about the Primary Care Medical Home Model (PCMH)
• Understanding On-Site Clinics
• What exactly does it mean to be an Independent Physician?
• How to get the most out of Elation Go: The Mobile App for Practices
• Elation perspectives: Karin Feng and Elation’s commitment to customer experience
• Weekly Rounds: Value-based care history, Clinical decision support, Medicaid and direct care, and 2017 MSSP results
• How can virtual groups be beneficial?
• Coordination of care v care case management
• On Base Percentage = All Cause Mortality
• What is an accountable care organization?
• Tech-savvy tips for running an independent practice
• MSSP 2017 ACO results released
• Surge in investment in primary care and on-site employer health clinics
• Elation launches Elation Go: The Mobile App for Independent Practices
• How does Medicaid apply to direct care physicians?
• Tips for finding the best population health management solution
• What is Clinical Decision Support (CDS)?
• Frequently asked questions about primary care physicians
• Shadowing a Physician: Michael Kellman
• Key players and growth trends for on-site clinics
• Tips for avoiding a payment penalty in 2018 for MIPS
• Value based care and population health management
• What does it mean to have a certified EHR?
• What are value-based care programs?
• The importance of organizational alignment
• Check out Elation’s Direct Care Interview series
• Weekly Rounds: Chronic Care Management, 2017 MIPS Performance, SEO tips, and On-Site Clinics
• Elation launches direct care version of EHR to better support direct care physicians
• How CMS is trying to tackle interoperability
• 2017 MIPS performance results so far
• Most popular direct care marketing strategies
• Revisiting the tax treatment of direct care
• CMS recommends EHR integration of PDMP data to improve opioid prescribing and reduce provider burden
• 10 differences between DPC and concierge care
• How can independent physicians leverage search engine optimization (SEO)?
• CMS proposed changes to the Physician Fee Schedule and MACRA
• Weekly Rounds: Care coordination, MIPS requirements, Population health, CHRs
• Exploring chronic care management adoption for primary care physicians
• Employer health terminology direct care physicians need to know
• 5 reasons why there has never been a better time to switch your EHR
• Scaling up and managing growth for DPC practices
• The impact of employee wellness clinics on bottom line performance
• 10 marketing ideas for your independent practice
• Healthcare organizations more optimistic about value-based care in 2018
• How primary care can contribute to population health
• The importance of reliable and responsive customer support for independent physicians
• Survey says patients want better care coordination, communication
• Physician perspective: DPC does not mean patient abandonment
• CMS announces MAQI demonstration to waive MIPS requirements
• Weekly Rounds: PCP salaries, Stark Law, value based care, CQM dashboard, and on-site health clinics
• Why EHRs are embracing comprehensive health records
• New study highlights benefits of on-site clinics for school districts
• 2018 updates to Clinical Quality Measures (CQM) Dashboard
• Driven by value-based care, independent small and solo practices are on the rise
• On-site preventive care market drivers
• What do primary care physicians think about eConsult systems?
• CMS looking to make changes to Stark Law requirements
• Primary care physician salaries rise as shortage looms
• What is the value of on-site clinics?
• Weekly Rounds: Risk assessment, Employer health tools, ACA care utilization, DPC and costs, and On-site preventative care
• ACA increased primary care utilization but risky behaviors also went up, study shows
• On-site preventative care is set to grow steadily
• Weekly Rounds: Reimbursements, EHR utilization ,Concierge medicine, Communication between physicians, and MACRA
• What is a clinical charting tool?
• How could direct primary care save on healthcare costs?
• The next generation of on-site, near-site employer health tools
• Weekly Rounds: Quality measure updates, DPC growth, Worksite clinics data, Bundle payments
• Why concierge medicine isn't just for patients with chronic conditions
• Independent physicians seek EHR systems that meet their unique needs
• CMS increases reimbursements for complex patients according to study
• What role does the EHR play in facilitating collaboration among providers?
• How fast is direct primary care growing?
• KLAS insights on worksite health services
• What is a web-based EHR?
• Experts urge for improvements in quality measures for primary care physicians
• Elation Health hosts event for Los Angeles independent physician community
• Why patient engagement is key for bundled payments
• Why direct primary care is a model for getting the most out of an EHR
• CMS changes to marketplace plans may affect primary care
• A recap of how DPC practices can partner with employers
• Wall Street Journal features on-site clinics
• The impact EHRs have on patient engagement and satisfaction
• Pending changes to MACRA
• Study shows the impact of EHRs on the primary care providers' patient encounter
• Tips for retaining patients at your independent practice
• How direct primary care is changing the way we think about healthcare
• Important features for a direct primary care EHR
• Employees and patient engagement at employer health clinics
• CMS to allow patients to bill physicians directly
• Solutions to value-based care obstacles
• DPC Coalition Fly-In is a resource for those interested in direct primary care policy
• Are you eligible for MIPS in 2018? Use this new CMS tool to find out
• Traits of successful direct primary care physicians
• Why is Elation the best EHR for primary care physicians?
• What ACOs should consider when building partnerships with independent physicians
• Study shows effects of primary care on health utilization
• Tax-filing tips for independent physicians and practices
• CMS shares plan for advancing value-based care and interoperability
• Patient Longitudinal Records (PLR) v. Comprehensive Health Records (CHR)
• What are the CPC+ updates you need to know for 2018
• Learning more about physician-only ACOs
• Check out Elation's new Care Management blog!
• 2018 MACRA updates for primary care physicians
• Addressing mental health at an on-site or near-site employer health clinic
• What are the advantages of cloud-based EHRs for independent practices?
• Bipartisan bill could require every state to use EPCS
• Corporate wellness trends for 2018
• How do new marijuana policies affect independent physicians?
• Strategies for communicating costs to patients
• Getting serious about HIPAA
• Providing direct primary care to uninsured patients
• How Elation's import/export buttons reduce the risk of transcription error
• Large companies like Apple embrace employer clinic model
• DPC state laws: everything you need to know pt. 2
• Is your independent practice calculating a DSO?
• Healthcare spending to reach 19.7% of GDP by 2026
• Primary care physicians and hospitalists on care quality
• Weekly Rounds: DPC myths, Medicare wellness visits, and new MACRA reporting requirements
• History of cloud-based EHRs
• Continuing progress in primary care
• Doctors urge HHS to level the playing field for independent practices
• DPC state laws: everything you need to know pt. 1
• Elation launches new care management blog
• Addressing common direct primary care (DPC) myths
• White House holds event to tackle EHR interoperability
• Primary care practices that performed Medicare wellness visits had higher revenue study shows
• Do direct primary care patients need insurance?
• Reporting for MACRA in 2018
• AAFP attempts to map the impact of primary care spending on care outcomes
• What is the new budget's impact on MACRA?
• Weekly Rounds: ROI vs VOI, managing online reviews, and combating the opioid crisis
• Top 5 primary care achievements independent primary care physicians should know about
• How the proposed White House budget could affect healthcare
• How to get the most out of Elation’s new pre-natal flowsheets
• How independent physicians can leverage Elation’s updated resource center to support their practices
• Comparing different ACO models: MSSP v. Pioneer Model v. Next Gen ACOs
• How to manage direct primary care (DPC) practice reviews
• Value-based care and EHRs
• History of health policy
• Integrating primary care and behavioral health
• Should your direct primary care (DPC) practice create a Yelp page?
• EHRs and the opioid crisis
• One year under Trump: how healthcare has changed
• Cognitive behavioral therapy and primary care
• ROI vs VOI: Which is better for worksite employer clinics?
• What the ACA individual mandate repeal means and what comes next
• Weekly Rounds: Multi-employer clinics, uninsured Americans, improving patient satisfaction, and DPC practice efficiency
• The evolution of worksite and employer health clinics
• The impact of CMS' new voluntary bundled-payment model for independent physicians
• How to improve primary care efficiency and quality
• How built-in prenatal flowsheets can save time for independent OB/GYN practices
• Physician gives insights on transitioning to DPC
• How employer health clinics are impacting the US healthcare system
• Tips to improve practice management in 2018
• Alex Azar confirmed as new HHS Secretary
• Worksite clinics are expanding their focus
• Weekly Rounds: 2018 Health Policy Trends, History of DPC, EPCSs, and ACO success
• How to make your DPC practice more efficient
• Why on-site employer care is effective
• How to make your independent practice more patient-centered and patient-centric
• New poll shows uninsured rate went up in 2017
• What is a multi-employer clinic?
• How independent primary care physicians can improve patient satisfaction in 2018
• As employers move into on-site care could they start to decrease managed care contracts?
• History of independent physicians
• What is evidence-based health policy?
• How physicians define value-based care versus patients
• 5 ways primary care plays a role in patient care and the community
• Fee-for-service still dominated 2017. Will that change in 2018?
• Employers plan to expand their use of on-site and near-site employer health clinics
• History of direct primary care practices
• How worksite clinics enhance patient access
• Tips for physicians considering entering into ACO agreement
• Health policy trends for 2018
• The role primary care physicians play in ensuring ACO success
• The next generation of on-site and near-site clinics
• How EPCS will grow in 2018
• Value-based payment models may grow in 2018
• Learn more about the history of primary care
• How to leverage Clinical Decision Support at the point of care
• Avoid 2019 MIPS Penalties by reporting on 1 patient for 1 measure
• DPC pricing for 2018: should you change your membership fee at your practice?
• What is the national healthy worksite program?
• Why independent private practices will continue to be a permanent fixture
• Scaling up an employer clinic to include near-site clinics
• How to meet patient demand at your independent practice
• Weekly Rounds: State-level value-based care, “Patients Over Paperwork” initiative, hiring physicians for on-site clinics
• How on-site employer health clinics can affect employer bottom line performance
• Independent practice scheduling tips to master "the art of scheduling"
• State programs that aim to shift focus to primary care
• Getting more involved with health policy as an independent physician
• Adding ancillary services at independent primary care practices
• What are the best states for independent physicians to practice in?
• Using Elation's CQM Dashboards to keep up Quality Measure performance
• Finding the right physicians for your on-site or near-site employer health clinic
• What is same-day scheduling?
• What is the "patients over paperwork" initiative?
• Value-based care on a state level
• What does it take to be a successful independent physician in 2018?
• Where are we with value-based care?
• Use Elation’s document tags to better keep track of patient care for quality programs
• Weekly Rounds: Point-of-Care feature release, On-site healthcare, DPC doctors, PCMH benefits
• The role of EHR vendors during the transition to value based care
• The relationship between value based care and quality measurement
• The importance of population health management for employer health clinics
• Direct primary care and physician burnout
• What is population health management?
• What is holistic primary care?
• What the CMS data on the Medicare Shared Savings Program tells us about ACOs
• Improving clinical efficiency with Elation’s new Point-of-Care Labs feature
• Primary care physicians that use Elation
• The important role primary care physicians play in the patient-centered medical home
• CMS aims to ease physician regulatory burdens
• New survey sheds light on EHR perspectives from patients and medical professionals
• Why on-site care is attractive to millennials
• Perspectives from an employed-turned DPC doctor
• New HHS secretary reportedly chosen
• The history of on-site clinics
• What is a hybrid concierge practice?
• How Elation ensures that MIPS providers avoid penalty
• Questions to consider when starting a new DPC practice
• The role of direct primary care for the uninsured
• What independent physicians need to know about the MACRA final rule
• Researchers propose "affordability index" for measuring health costs
• Weekly Rounds: EHR Regulatory Relief Act, risk assessment, EHR migration tips
• How to perform patient recall to close care gaps and achieve CPC+ performance goals
• How to keep your independent practice sustainable
• What is risk assessment in primary care?
• Does your DPC practice need a practice manager?
• 5 tips for a successful EHR migration
• What do independent physicians need to know about the proposed EHR Regulatory Relief Act?
• Worksite clinics are not just for mega-companies according to industry association
• The importance of having an EPCS certified EHR
• Why PCPs should care about value-based care
• What is the difference between an independent physician and a DPC physician?
• Collaborative primary care can help with opioid addiction
• How to make the most of your Clinical EHR to combat burnout
• Clinical First EHR features: Dynamic Problem List
• How do you track deceased patients in Elation?
• Interested in joining a virtual group? Your practice has until Dec. 1st
• What exactly is a near-site clinic?
• Ideas for Facebook posts for direct primary care practices
• Employers and the ROI from on-site, near-site clinic care
• What is the impact of EHR vendor readiness?
• Hundreds of healthcare organizations show support for primary care transformation
• How do direct care and on-site care lower employer spending on healthcare?
• Corporate on-site, near-site clinics provide "business class" care
• What makes for a winning Independent Practice Association (IPA)?
• 10 states with highest and lowest uninsured rates
• Treating patients seeking primary care after emergency room visits
• States focus on primary care models to increase access
• How EHRs are driving innovation and creativity in healthcare
• How to get credit for assessments within Elation
• Legal considerations for employer worksite clinics
• Survey shows most EHR patients report the technology improves care quality
• 95% of primary care patients satisfied with their physicians
• What exactly is workplace wellness?
• Tips for keeping your patients happy at independent practices
• What is the medical home model?
• Two ways to effortlessly document exclusions for CPC+
• Weekly Rounds: Tom Price resigns, CPC+, worksite clinics
• Tips for fitting direct primary care into an employer benefit plan
• The importance of optimizing and enhancing workflows at an independent practice
• The impact of on-site and near-site employer clinics on healthcare as a whole
• Study shows the impact of care managers at primary care practices
• Strategies for patient-centered communication and care
• How to get CPC+ credit for hbA1c improvement with Elation
• How to decide if the direct care model is right for your practice
• Electronic health records (EHRs) for primary care physicians
• What are some of the services your worksite clinic should be offering to employees?
• Who is the new acting head of the department of Health and Human Services?
• Study shows the cost savings on employer worksite clinics
• How to prepare staff at your independent practice for value-based care
• Graham-Cassidy bill dies: a timeline of Obamacare repeal efforts
• What is the national quality forum (NQF)?
• Tom Price resigns as HHS secretary - what does this mean for independent physicians?
• Elation makes it easy for you to meet the Use of High Risk Medication in the Elderly measure for CPC+
• What independent physicians need to know about the doctor-patient relationship
• How to optimize your DPC practice
• What the research says about site clinics
• Clinical First EHR features: Collaborative Health Record
• Balancing the Art, Science, and Business of Medicine
• What is the Cadillac tax and how does it affect on-site and near-site employer health clinics?
• Ideas for wellness initiatives at your on-site or near-site employer health clinic
• 3 metrics successful employer health clinics need to track
• Reasons why physicians choose not to retire
• AAFP selects a new president
• How are IPAs revolutionizing the healthcare landscape?
• The EHR switching process
• 3 helpful tips for physician barriers to value-based care
• Best online tools for direct care practices
• Using Elation’s updated CQM dashboard to monitor new PBIP performance thresholds
• Elation builds Structured Health Maintenance and seven additional Clinical Quality Measures
• Weekly Rounds: Measuring ROI, 21st Century Cures Act and marketing for DPC practices
• Employer health and the transition to value-based care
• Addressing common misconceptions about employer health clinics
• A brief primer on independent practice associations (IPAs)
• What independent physicians need to know about the doctor-patient relationship
• Policy recommendations that could enable direct care practices to flourish
• Perspectives on direct primary care from DPC physicians
• Frequently asked questions about opening up a direct primary care practice
• How to connect and network with other direct primary care physicians
• Recommendations on how to be both a successful business person and physician
• HHS launches campaign to educate patients about HIPAA
• AAFP says proposed 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule underpays primary care physicians
• Staying on top of CPC+ screening measures within Elation
• Marketing for direct primary care (DPC) practices
• Study shows primary care access to decrease STIs among women
• Could independent physicians save healthcare?
• Update on the 21st Century Cures Act
• Virtual groups and interoperability
• Weekly Rounds: PCPCC, Patient Engagement, DPC bill in Florida
• Useful direct primary care websites and resources
• What are some myths about direct primary care?
• How to ensure your direct primary care (DPC) practice is sustainable
• Tips for measuring on-site employer health clinics ROI
• The potential for behavioral health-focused on-site and near-site employer health clinics
• How to get employees excited about on-site and near-site health clinics
• How cloud-based EHR solutions help providers stay independent
• Practice acquisitions slowdown
• Going from a "solo" practice to a "small" practice
• Bipartisan healthcare efforts hit snag over state flexibility disagreements
• How is the US doing in terms of health insurance coverage?
• Health IT experts evaluate the HITECH act
• What is the difference between family medicine and general internal medicine?
• The impact of integrated, collaborative primary care on the opioid epidemic
• Care coordination for rural independent practices
• Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) lays out vision for primary care
• Quickly identify and manage CPC+ clinical quality measures with Elation’s document tags
• Elation’s new visit note templates: chart faster and spend more time with patients
• Easing MACRA's pain points for independent physicians
• Evaluating value-based care
• 5 patient engagement terms independent physicians need to know
• What do independent physicians need to know about clinical decision support?
• Weekly Rounds: CPC+ Performance, Employer Health Clinics, Patient Referrals
• 4 keys to successful preventative care for Medicare physicians
• Factors that impact care coordination
• How primary care workforce trends impact patient care
• The difference between EMRs vs EHRs
• Florida legislature considers direct primary care bill
• The impact of EHRs during Hurricane Harvey
• Strategies for getting more patient referrals to your independent practice
• How does patient engagement work?
• Understanding how onsite and near site clinics create a healthier workplace environment
• The impact of technology on employees’ wellness
• The potential for behavioral health-focused onsite and nearsite employer health clinics
• Using Elation’s CQM dashboard to monitor CPC+ performance
• Weekly Rounds: interoperability, MACRA, clinical decision support
• Study shows primary care appointment availability changes after the ACA
• Goal-setting for independent practices
• Improving quality and lowering costs
• Understanding HIPAA
• How do doctors feel about interoperability?
• Why collaborative health records enable care coordination
• Trends in employer health for 2017
• How CPC+ physicians can leverage Clinical Decision Support at the point of care within Elation
• How to minimize patient no-shows at your independent practice
• Why direct primary care is here to stay
• The significance of connected care technology
• Care coordination trends
• Frequently asked questions about interoperability
• 4 branding tips for independent practices
• Groups comment on MACRA's proposed rule
• How Elation Health helps independent physicians navigate health policy
• Public opinion on the ACA repeal and replace efforts
• Weekly Rounds: value-based care, practice management systems, collaborative care
• Comparing and contrasting on-site clinics and direct primary care
• What are the first steps toward transitioning to value-based care for independent physicians?
• Should independent physicians extend their hours at their practices?
• How does the DPC model work?
• Rising direct primary care practices
• What is concierge medicine?
• Mastering patient communication as a primary care physician
• 5 reasons why Elation is the best EHR for primary care
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• A new paradigm for empathy: using technology to put the clinical encounter at the heart of care
• The pros and cons of launching a hybrid DPC clinic
• Strategies for scaling up your direct primary care practice
• Strategies to improve care quality and access for independent practices
• Chronic conditions and primary care
• 6 tips for succeeding during the shift to value-based care
• What is the relationship between ACOs and value-based care?
• Mastering patient engagement for primary care physicians
• Using EHRs in clinical research and trials
• What is ICD-10?
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• How the states rank on EHR usage
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• The benefits of creating a budget for independent practices
• Report compares the US healthcare system to other countries
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• AMIA submits recommendations to improve interoperability
• First steps after you've gotten a new EHR system
• How to evaluate an onsite employer health clinic
• Health IT groups respond to ONC's interoperability framework
• Shopping list for new direct primary care practices
• Selecting a practice management system for your independent practice
• How Elation's Clinical First philosophy drives the tools needed for value based care
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• How the patient-physician relationship can help achieve quality outcomes
• Clinical First EHR features: Cockpit View
• What is value-based care?
• The impact of greater access to primary care
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• Why it's beneficial for independent physicians to stay on top of health policy
• Making reporting less burdensome for primary care physicians
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• What do independent physicians need to know about direct messaging?
• Pricing considerations for direct primary care practices
• What are the clinical tools independent physicians need for value-based care?
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• How independent physicians can protect their practices against malware, hacking, and data breaches
• How does EPCS affect independent physicians?
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• How team-based primary care models can improve patient care outcomes
• The importance of preventative care
• What is a Clinical First EHR?
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• CMS announces physician payment proposals for 2018
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• The potential of healthcare APIs
• 5 care coordination obstacles to overcome
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• The relationship between EHR design and patient safety
• Using EHR documentation to improve clinical data integrity
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• Debunking common EHR myths
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• The importance of having a connected EHR
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• Getting the most out of an employer health clinic
• Who can benefit the most from employer site clinics?
• How can EHRs help with coordinated care?
• What is the government doing about interoperability?
• 5 new direct primary care clinics to look out for
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• The importance of office staff at an independent practice
• 5 health policy predictions
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• What is a health information exchange?
• How investing in primary care can help us reach the triple aim
• What is the MIPS-APM track?
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• The difference between on-site clinics and near-site clinics
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• What the research says about Direct Primary Care
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• Reasons why independent physicians can stay independent
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• ONC seeks input on interoperability progress
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• ONC chief discusses focus on interoperability
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• ONC and CMS to drive data accuracy initiative
• CMS Reviews PQRS reporting from 2015
• The ACA and employer health clinics
• The importance of empathetic communication for independent physicians
• What are virtual groups and how can primary care physicians benefit from them?
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• Elation Health launches seven new healthcare-focused blogs
• CPC+ expanded to new regions
• CMS releases 2018 MACRA proposed rule to ease burdens for independent practices
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• The advantages of on-site and near-site clinics in the workplace
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• How independent practices can succeed with MACRA, MIPS and APMs in 2017
• Survey reveals national attitudes toward primary care
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• Why coordinated care is important for independent primary care physicians
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• What is interoperability, and how can independent practices benefit from it?
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• Elements of an ideal EHR
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• Why primary care doctors are trailblazers for Value-Based Care
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• Elation Health announces full support for Medicare's Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) Program
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• How physicians drive innovation at Elation
• Health policy update: what’s happened since the inauguration that impacts independent practices
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• Elation submits comment for MACRA final rule
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• MACRA Monday: Resource Use
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• Introducing the Collaborative Health Record
• Elation hosts first Fall Physician Summit for Hawaii provider network
• How Direct Primary Care could grow under Donald Trump
• MACRA Monday: Clinical Practice Improvement Performance Category
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• MACRA Monday: Quality Performance Category
• Everything you need to know about MACRA and its final rule
• Elation demonstrates clinical first EHR at Health 2.0 event
• [Breaking News] Five things to know about the final MACRA law
• How direct messaging can help improve your patient care
• With MACRA less than 3 months away, Elation is here to help
• Elation Health attends AAPP Fall Summit on Private Medicine
• HHS's 'playbook' helps providers navigate EHRs and Health IT
• Elation and the Denver Community
• Weekly Healthcare Roundup: September 11-17
• Making sense of MACRA’s new options for providers
• Solving the interoperability crisis through a networked patient longitudinal record
• Elation and the Santa Barbara Community
• CPC+ and small practices
• Weekly Healthcare Roundup: August 21-27
• Which Healthcare Policies are Relevant for Direct Primary Care Practices?
• Weekly Healthcare Roundup: August 14-20
• Weekly Healthcare Roundup: August 7-13
• Practice Insights: Dr. Ken Rictor
• Weekly Healthcare Roundup: August 1-6
• Introducing Elation Health
• CPC+, Medicare’s new payment model for primary care
• Weekly Healthcare Roundup: July 24-30
• Elation & friends attend 2016 DPC Summit
• Obamacare: Past, Present, and the Future
• Weekly Healthcare Roundup: July 17-23
• Tips for Scaling up a DPC Practice
• Weekly Healthcare Roundup: July 10-16
• Practice Insights: Dr. Garrison Bliss
• Are doctors destined for a life of data entry?
• Physician organizations voice opinions over MACRA implementation
• The Future of the Independent Practice under MACRA
• A Second Opinion with Dr. Susan Sorensen
• New Improvements: Smarter DOB Searching and Referral Templates
• Policy update: MACRA implementation and the move to Value-Based Care
• New Automated Appointment Reminders
• How EMRs Help to Reduce a Patient's Visit Time
• Upcoming new scheduling features in Elation!
• Digitization of American Health Care
• The Rise of Patient Passports in Electronic Medical Records
• CDC’s Report on EMR use in the U.S.
• Senate Passes the Health Information Technology Act
• Physicians Gather to Give Feedback on the State of EMRs
• Carequality and the Potential Impact on Interoperability
• Making Sense of MIPS: What it Means for Primary Care
• Tuesday Tips: Passport from your Patient's Perspective
• Tuesday Tips: What's improved about your new chart look?
• Transition to New Chart Look and Feel on 12/18
• Inside Elation: Kimmy Hu, Implementation Manager
• Tuesday Tips - Utilize your Practice List Report
• Tuesday Tip - Did you miss our recent MU webinar? Find it here.
• Tuesday Tip: Open Multiple Charts at Once
• Elation's customer support touted at Dreamforce
• Check out our New and Improved Training Series!
• MU Dashboards updated for final rule
• Tuesday Tips: Change to the new Chronological Record look and feel
• Tuesday Tips: Final rule for 2015 Meaningful Use announced
• Small updates to 1-column note, scheduler, patient letters, and bulk refills
• Tuesday Tips: Patient Passport sharing preferences
• Tuesday Tips: Be proactive with ICD-10!
• Best practice for ICD-10: Crosswalk Problem Lists for the week ahead
• Tuesday Tips: Troubleshooting Passport with patients
• Elation is Ready for the Transition to ICD-10
• Tuesday Tips: Add new provider and staff accounts yourself!
• Tuesday Tips: Why are certain pharmacies not in Elation?
• ICD-10 transition receives incredible reviews from physicians
• Tuesday Tips: Restore deleted notes and reports
• ICD-10 Problem List and Crosswalk Support, Available Now!
• Tuesday Tips: Harness the Power of Patient Lists!
• How to Request your Data when Leaving your EMR
• Preview the New Look and Feel in the Chronological Record
• Tuesday Tips: Use last documented PE / ROS templates
• Tuesday Tips: Learn more about Elation's ICD-10 transition!
• Coming Soon! ICD-10 in Elation
• Tuesday Tips: Refill meds in bulk!
• Refill your patients’ chronic medications in 3 clicks
• Elation gets personal at the Direct Primary Care Summit
• Tuesday Tips: Download medication history for patients
• Tuesday Tips: Routing patient messages
• Tuesday Tips: Add new contacts in Elation's Directory
• Tuesday Tips: Clear out your messages!
• Tuesday Tips: Sort your billing code order in visit notes
• Tuesday Tips: Manage your accounts in Elation!
• Sort your billing codes and keep track of your documents with Tags
• Tuesday Tips: Get started on PQRS
• 4 Ways to Avoid Common Mistakes When Attending an EMR Demo
• Tuesday Tips: Helping patients with Passport
• 3 Customer Support Rules All EMRs Should Obey
• Tuesday Tips...on steroids!
• Full patient demographic information available on demand!
• Tuesday Tips: Set visit note types for MU
• Tuesday Tips: Find patients by DOB
• More powerful ways to find patients in your panel, and custom billing reports available on demand
• Tuesday Tips: Reference appointment audit trail
• Tuesday Tips: Set your visit note format for appointments
• Announcing prescription savings program available in Elation
• Tuesday Tips: Merge reports directly inside a patient's chart
• Tuesday Tips: Attach images directly into visit notes
• Tuesday Tips: "Search Chronological Record" feature
• Improvements to Save Time for Providers
• Elation Applauds Dr. Abraham Verghese
• Elation Customer Service Starts on Day 1
• Keep your Charts Organized with Flexible Report Types
• Our Chief Technology Officer’s ‘visit notes’ with a private practice
• Elation’s New Hire Training Includes a Day in Your Shoes
• What doctors can do in 12 minutes
• How a Doctor Fixed My ‘It’.
• How a small practice turned a basic feature into a meaningful tool.
• Conversations You Care About
• Elation Physicians More Satisfied than Apple iPhone Users.
• Elation on the Road: A trip to the 2014 Direct Primary Care Summit in DC
• Putting Elation to the Test: Results From Our Usability Study
• ElationEMR is Meaningful Use 2014 Certified
• Elation on the Road: A Trip to the Maine Osteopathic Association 2014 Convention
• All-In-One EMRs: Don't Believe the Hype
• Highlights and Insights From the American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting
• Our Customer Support Philosophy: Investing in User Success
• How to Save Time With Patient Engagement
• 3 Reasons Why Medical Specialists Love Elation
• Four Ways Elation Passport Improves Patient Satisfaction And Saves Physicians Time
• Delighting the Elation community at IDEO SF
• Why Physicians Still Fax - And Why It Matters
• Guest Post on EMR and HIPAA: Is Your EHR Clinically Valuable?
• Connecting Physicians, Serving Patients: A closer look at the Elation Provider Network
• Kyna Fong Featured on Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Culture of Health Blog
• 9 Practical Tips to Improve the Use of Your EHR
• Announcing the Elation Provider Network: A New Service That Eases the Pain of Patient Care Coordination
• Shadowing A Physician: A first-person perspective
• Achieving EHR Usability: The Need for Empathy
• Our Product Philosophy: Clinical First
• Preparing For Painless EHR Conversion: 4 Tips Every Doctor Should Know
• What EHR Metrics Really Matter?
• EMR, EHR, PHR, HIE...WHY? Acronyms on the front line of care
• From Frustration to Elation: The story behind our name
• Meet Elation: Committed to supporting the front lines of patient care

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