CompuMedic

With so many medical management systems making so many claims, selecting a practice management system can be a perplexing, confusing proposition. CompuMedic, however, provides a clear, proven choice. With the first installed practice management system in 1980, our success is based upon a simple but powerful philosophy...to make each and every client a referral.

• We were among the very first to perform electronic media claims and have been successfully submitting electronic claims since 1982.
• We provide the best support in the business at an affordable price. Trainers and programmers handle the support lines and, in so doing, keep in touch with the real world.
• We've consistently been updating our system, based upon user feedback. That may explain why a good number of our clients have steadfastly been using our system over the years.
• Features are included in CompuMedic that are often overlooked by other systems-features that you may not even know you need. CompuMedic's capabilities are the result of both our own efforts and our clients' thoughts and feedback.

COMPUMEDIC by Data Strategies, Inc.

For a demonstration , please call or e-mail giving us your name, address and telephone number. Your demonstration will be made available to you via our web site. Upon receipt of the request, you will be supplied with a "key" for downloading the demo. If you had rather receive the CD-Rom format, just let us know. How will you ever know if you do not try it. You may download CompuMedic's Slide Show Demo directly from this site.

After viewing the Demo and you feel this is the system for you, we can also provide you with a full system, in your name, to use with live data in your practice for a period of up to 30 days, giving you even more time to evaluate with your own data.

Direct download is available for the full Windows demo as well as the short slide show demo. The slide show will give you some insight into the character and depth of CompuMedic.

CompuMedic has been in use since 1982. There is a minimum of two system updates per year meeting private and Medicare requirements and keeping current on all capabilities as well as offering new and dramatic innovations to the system.

COMPUMEDIC© FOR WINDOWS

• Tested and certified to run on Windows 95, 98, NT and 2000 (On Windows 2000, hardware work stations should be either Windows 95 or Windows 98 depending on the extent of your NT technical skills). Certification for Windows XP is in progress.
• CompuMedic can run under terminal server enterprise. You can now minimize your hardware investment by running "dumb" terminals instead of "computers" at each workstation. Applications such as Applica®, and Citrix® enable you to completely operate off the server with nothing but a keyboard and screen for the terminal(s). Ask the other systems if they can do that.
• A Sequal Server version will be available in early spring, 2002.
• Network ready and compatible
• Full Windows support.. If you are comfortable with another Windows program, you will be comfortable with CompuMedic
• Graphical user interface capabilities (GUI).
• Store and retrieve one or more images (graphical) per patient using a scanner
• Managed care reporting
• Illness based categories for managed care negotiations
• Reports that analyze profitability
• Comprehensive daily visit records
• Workers Compensation Claims
• Visit Counts and Expiration dates warnings and reports
• Full featured scheduler totally integrated
• Integrated on-screen help
• Drag and drop for fields to customize forms
• Operator codes allow or deny access to various levels of commands
• Electronic Claims can add new dimensions to your cash flow. Claims can be sent directly to Medicare/Medicaid. A clearing house, Envoy, is available for those who wish to transmit commercial claims. Most states accept electronic claims for Medicare and Medicaid.
• Patient Correspondence Log. This is a record of correspondence sent to the patient including superbills, recalls, delinquent letters, and data entry forms to name a few.
• Allows copays to be posted at one time with the charge and payment.
• Illness based allowing you to assign a general illness each time the patient is seen. This illness could encompass multiple diagnosis.
• The Information Center-This allows data to be extracted based upon your own criteria, e.g. all female patients who live in a particular city. The results can then be viewed in a variety of different formats, e.g. a detailed report listing each person, a summary report listing totals, labels or a file. Reports that are expected to be performed more than once can be saved and recalled.
• Multi-level definable security features.
• Appointment related information can be formatted onto the superbill such as reason for visit, notations as well as other pertinent information regarding that upcoming visit.
• Optometric option allows the entry of patient optometric data (eye measurements, lens and frame data). Multiple prescriptions may be stored per patient and edited or deleted, as needed. In addition, all or some of this information may then be printed and formatted to appear on General Documents and Insurance forms.

FEATURES AND CAPABILITIES

• CompuMedic provides doctors and related health professionals with a methodical approach to data base management, billing and practice evaluation.
• The system is designed to be self-contained: all data specific to the practice may be defined by the user. This includes procedures, charges, diagnoses, payment types, late charge schemes, etc. Statements, delinquent notices, recall notices and insurance forms may be formatted to the user. The Report Generator allows user designed reports as well as exporting to other programs.
• Payments, adjustments and credits may be posted in one of two ways, individually to the patient account or via an EOB (Explanation of Benefits) screen. EOB payments posting allows for automatic posting of adjustments amounts not billable to the patient. Further capabilities include autopost from downloaded files from Medicare which will post all automatically without having to individually do so.
• All transactions (charges, payments, adjustments and credits) may be listed daily, i.e. the Day Sheet or or for any series of days. In addition, a Batch Reporting facility provides a complete audit trail by recording all new transactions as well as changes and deletions of transactions.
• Statements may be printed at any time. The system will automatically print statements for those patients having a balance due, or, if desired, for any patient having any activity during the month. Various styles of statements are available including plain paper with a laser printer format printing background, columns, etc.
• Insurance forms may be printed as often as desired. Insurance entries are Updated during printing, indicating that these entries have been billed to the insurance company. Re-billing specific charges may easily be accomplished. Forms formatting can also be done.
• All entries are considered "open item" meaning they can be restricted for change or leave open to be changed in the past, depending on the policy of the office.
• Snapshots - Spreadsheet-like summaries of pertinent practice data along with colorful 3-d pie charts, bar graphs of selected Snapshot data
• Portfolios-Groupings of common reports/snapshots that can be run at one time.
• Basic Inventory - Reduces quantity-in-stock automatically as charges are posted.
• Correspondence Log - Provides a history of correspondence to the patient. This includes Superbills, Recall, Delinquent and General Documents, Workers Comp and Data Entry forms.
• On-line Manual- The Users Manual is available on-screen.
• On-line Step-by-Step Guide - How to do it step by step guide on screen.
• Included with CompuMedic is the capability to perform electronic claims processing through direct link to Medicare, Medicaid and Blue Cross without incurring fees per claim. Optionally, you may elect to route your claims through any of several cleaning houses for a fee per claim charge.
• Off-Line Data Entry...now you can work off line...meaning you can, for instance have a computer at another location and enter data from that location with periodic downloads to the main system. Rather than tie up phone lines or use expensive T1 or dedicated lines, you can dial up the main system when necessary and have the system download all data that has been entered remotely. If you have, for instance a satellite office and see patients there, you can just dial in to the main office system and download all data entered since the last download. Of course you could stay connect directly, but that would entail more expense with long distance charges. This way, you get the best of two worlds.
• Revise fees...If you ever found the need to change your fee schedule, you'll love the new Revise Fees feature. This command, will allow you to increase or decrease the fees within a given Fee Schedule by a percentage, and move fees from one fee schedule to another with or without a change in the fee amount.
• While You Were Out messages can be brought down directly into CompuMedic. Now you can create a tickler with check boxes such as: Phoned, Returned Your Call, Please Call Back, etc. and you can transfer the tickler to any operator on the system, so it's available to them.

Review our FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) for more information regarding CompuMedic and its applications.

MANAGED CARE APPLICATIONS

Performance of managed care companies need to be monitored and checked to insure accuracy of payment versus agreed contract. This is an essential criteria if an office is to remain competitive within the medical arena. It is not enough just to apply predetermined payments from PPO's, HMO's, and other managed care companies. Those paymentsMUST be compared to specifics of the contract the provider makes with each insurance company in order to be assured each managed care/insurance company is paying according to contract.

CompuMedic for Windows does just that. With the added capabilities of Windows, you can now track each payment from each insurance company against a particular fee schedule...and you can do that with every insurance company on record. To be alerted to an underpayment is the essence of good business practice.

Managed care capabilities also enable the ability to negotiate contracts based on hard facts accumulated in a special way with the system. If an insurance PPO says it will pay you, for instance, $525.00 per pneumonia case, how can you be sure just what income is being realized at the present. CompuMedic for Windows is an illness based diagnosis system. By applying charges and income to illnesses, one can better determine if the provider is going to be in a better position aligning him or herself to such companies.

PRICING AND UPDATE COSTS

Prices for base receivable systems range from $2,995 to $7,495 (up to10 workstations) and upwards depending upon the number of users on the system at any one time (networked units.) Various modules are available each priced separately. All systems are network ready and will run on peer-to-peer as well as Novel and NT. The number of doctors, patients and other criteria is unlimited. Updates are done semi-annually in the spring and fall of each year. These include enhancements and any necessary changes mandated by HCFA. Also, you have access to unlimited tech support call. Cost for this service is $1,440.00 annually increasing incrementally according to the number of licenses on the system with the first 6 months free.

Ask us about our bonus policy. We offer sales commission/finders fees for client referrals that purchase our software. We offer incentives to those who are instrumental in helping us help others.

You may download CompuMedic's Slide Show Demo directly from this site. It is a file of less than 600kb and can be downloaded in a short time. For a full complete demo, please e-mail or call us. We can either send the cd-rom or we can supply you with the key for downloading directly from this web site. Download time is approximately 172 minutes with a file size of over 30mb on a 56K system, or approximately 20 minutes on cable or DSL connections.

Last Updated 05/29/2003

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