SOAPware Standard

Feature		Description
	Order Entry System	Place, manage, and track orders and results from within the patient chart.
	Flow Sheets & Growth Charts	Automatically plot growth charts from vitals and other values such as labs and medications on flow sheets.
	Document Management	Offering more than document scanning, you get drag and drop document organization, external file access, and PDF support.
	Health Maintenance System	Streamline the generation of health maintenance reminder letters and improve quality of care by tracking health maintenance protocols for patients.
	Task Management	A full featured task management system. Assign, sort, view, and remind staff of due tasks from a central location.
	Basic Scheduling	Schedule appointments and recurring blocks for a single clinic.
	E-Prescribing	Prescribe, track, and refill medications electronically from within the patient chart.
	Patient Education Handouts	Automatically generate and print patient education materials to enhance quality of care.

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Medicare Incentives and Penalties

Medicare has authorized a 2% incentive program for physicians who utilize e-prescribing. Participation available with SOAPware and the e-prescribing functionality.

The reporting of any one of three G codes (below) for at least 50 percent of Medicare patient encounters meets the requirements for the incentive bonus.

Practices that meet the e-prescribing criteria will be eligible for a 2 percent bonus in 2009 and 2010, a 1 percent bonus in 2011 and 2012 and a 0.5 percent bonus in 2013. Practices not e-prescribing will face a 1 percent cut in 2012 and 2013. That cut will grow to 2 percent in 2014 and beyond.

In order to participate, physicians simply add one of three G codes to their Medicare claims for patient encounters:

SOAPware Shortcut G-Code Description
eRx1 G8443 Prescription sent by e-prescribing system

eRx2 G8445 Prescription not generated at encounter

eRx3 G8446 Some prescriptions handwritten or phoned

In the Plan field, the shortcut eRx expands to create the header Medicare eRx
Clicking on Medicare eRx presents this pick list:

eRx Pick List.jpg

By submitting any one of these three G codes on claims to Medicare, this indicates that an electronic prescribing system has been adopted.

Notes:
- E&M services must be at least 10% of total allowed Medicare charges.
- The bonus is based on total Part B payments and not just E&M
- The Average bonus is around $1600/physician/year (e-prescribing is only $500/physician/year)
- This eRx bonus is in addition to other bonus programs such as the PQRI.

Medicare's website for e-Prescribing http://www.cms.hhs.gov/eprescribing/

or Medicare's E-Prescribing PDF http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PQRI/Downloads/PQRIEPrescribingFactSheet.pdf