Success Stories
Celebrating Achievement: Dr. Tarshem and Dr. Mandy Dhesi
Doctors Mandy and Tarsem Dhesi, at Champions Willowbrook Family Practice, were honored in a MUVer ceremony celebrating their achievement in going paperless.
“We have been paperless since January 2011. We could not have accomplished this task without the help of the Gulf Coast Regional Extension Center. Our consultant Sandra Wiegand was very helpful in helping us attest to Meaningful Use. Her numerous visits and calls on short notice showed great customer service and patience," said Dora Herrara, office manager at Champions Willowbrook Family Practice.
Dr. Mandy Dhesi likes the ease of access to her patient’s records. “I like the fact that I can navigate the EHR system with ease when accessing medical records of my patients," she said, "I may be working on the records of one patient and get a call about another patient and immediately can pull them up instead of having a chart pulled. I can also sign off in the system of orders instead of going from chart to chart.”
A Good Deal
TEXAS MEDICINE – (April, 2011) – Advanced Medical Group, owned by San Antonio family physician Armando Sanchez, MD, started using an electronic health record (EHR) in 2000. But to qualify for up to $44,000 in Medicare incentives for demonstrating meaningful use from 2011 to 2016, the practice needed a new, certified EHR system. To ensure that it bought an appropriate system to meet its needs, the practice sought help from the Gulf Coast Regional Extension Center (REC) in November.
Texas has four RECs, which, among other services, help physicians achieve meaningful use and qualify for Medicare or Medicaid incentive payments. The Texas Medical Association worked hard to make sure physicians hold half of the seats on each REC’s governing board.
The Texas RECs charge primary care physicians an annual subscription
fee of $300 for technical consulting services valued at more than $5,000. Specialists who can attest to providing primary care services are also eligible to receive REC consulting services at the subsidized rate. Interested specialists should contact their regional RECs to discuss potential eligibility.
If a specialist is ineligible to receive subsidized-rate consulting, the REC can customize some services based on the needs of the practice. To identify the REC serving your region and to inquire about enrollment, visit the TMA website, www.texmed.org/rec.
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