MU Certification

For the measure, Test Procedure for §170.302 (h) Incorporate Laboratory Test Results, we could not able to find or get the HL7 File for the data sets. So by looking the data on each data sets, we created the HL7 File which given here for new people

Data Set 1

Data set 2

Data set 3

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We completed our MU Certification in Nov 2011 itself, but this year only i got time to share / transfer our knowledge/expereince to  others. In the upcoming post, i will share some of my experience in the certification

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Individual and Group NPI

Here is the very good article which explains with simple examples when and where to use Individual and Group NPI.
http://www.iridiumsuite.com/npi-and-billing

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Sample EOB

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All My Healthcare Domain stuffs

1.  Medical Billing concepts
2.  Health care Introduction documents
3. EMR Appointment Features
4. EMR History of Present Illness
5. EMR Use cases
6. EMR Test visit (Lab) workflow
7. Most commonly Used Lab Test Panels
8. EMR Most Commonly Used Vital Signs
9. Physician Quality Reporting System - PQRS

Healthcare Technical

1 EDI 5010 Documentation 837 Health care claim : Professional with sample Files
2. EDI 5010 Documentation 270 Health Care Eligibility/Benefit Inquiry
3. Sample HL7 Files
4. HL7 Parsing
6. My Own HL7 Parser in java

Practice Management System (PMS) Sample screens Part 1
Practice Management System(PMS) Sample Screens Part 2
Patient demographics and Patient case screens 
Charge Entry screen design

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Meaningful use Public Health Surveillance

Not too much information on the measure http://healthcare.nist.gov/docs/170.302.l_PublicHealthSurveillance_v1.2.pdf . Any one knows what exactly have to do in the EMR Workflow ?

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About Me

Summary

A technology driven professional with over 16 years of experience including nearly 9 years in Software Development and Business Analysis. Thorough understanding of the SDLC with proficiency in mapping Business Requirements, Technical Documentation, Application Design, Development, Integration, Testing and Troubleshooting for Information Systems Management. Adept in business process analysis and design, and application based process reengineering.

Well versed with US Healthcare Domain – Electronic Medical Record (EMR) & Medical Billing. Exposure in design, creation, testing and documentation of new and amended programs from supplied specifications in accordance with agreed standards. Deftness in monitoring delivery of high-quality customer experience. Strong communication, interpersonal, analytical & team building skills with proficiency at grasping new concepts quickly and utilizing the same in a productive manner.

Well versed with Health care certification such as CCHIT, Meaningful use Stage 1, Sure scripts e-prescription and HL7 Both inward and outward lab modules.

Core Competencies

Project Management	Software Development	Business Analysis
Requirement Gathering	Technical Support	Troubleshooting
Client Servicing	Software Testing	Gap Analysis
MU Stage I Certification	CCHIT Certification	E-Prescription Certification

IT Skills

Visual Basic 6.0, VB.NET 2005

Microsoft SQL server 2000/2005/2008

Crystal Report 8.5, 11.5

VBA (Word and Excel macros), Windows NT Service, Web service in VB.NET

Java 1.6

Hibernate 4.x

Spring Security 3.x

Maven 3

MySQL Server 5.x

Jasper Reports 4.x

Dynamic Reports 3.x

Dynamic Jasper 4.x

MyBatis 3

Zkoss Framework 6.x

and much more…………

Knowledge Purview

• Sound knowledge in ZKOSS RIA Framework and has been awarded from their team as one of the contributor
• Possess good knowledge in Latest MVVM Design pattern and created several examples to help developers
• Well versed with Crystal reports and created numerous of Reports for Practice management application
• Proficient in the following Modules:
  • HPI, ROS and EXAM Templates
  • Patient Encounter or SOAP
  • Screen based permission user security
  • Sure scripts E-Prescription Certification
  • Lab inward and outward Modules
  • Encounter – Current Medication and Prescription
  • Billing – Charges and Payments
  • EDI 4010 and 5010
  • Billing Reports

Employment Highlights

• ·Conducted interviews with key business users to collect requirement and business process information
• Coordinated with the developers on resolving the reported bugs and various technical issues
• Gathered business requirements and wrote Business Requirements Document (BRD) by working with the client IT staff and Project  Managers
• Obtained numerous letters of recommendation, and appreciation from customers and management.
• Organized various meeting with Billing End users and came up with an Exclusive Tool called MedAZ Billing Tool, which takes care most part of their Follow-up activities
• Actively involved in database design, user interface design, coding and implementation activities
• Provided HIPAA integration and applied ANSI ASC X12 standards for 837 (P, I, D), 270/271, 276/277, 278, & 835 transactions
• Developed HL7 interfaces for Orders (ORMs) and Results (ORUs)
• Managed responsibilities of Billing Revenue cycle Collection Manager for some time and understood the complete billing process which helps to build an independent system called Billing Tool
• Functioned as a Subject Matter Expert in US Health care outpatient domain.
• Actively involved in:
  • CCHIT 2008 Certification
  • Surescript E-Prescription Certification
  • Integrating Lab services from quest, Lab Corp, etc.

Employment Details
Aug’10 – till date: e-Cosmos Solutions India Pvt., Bangalore as Senior Business Analyst/Product Owner
Jan'04 - Aug'10:  Medaz.net, Koni Ameri Tech Services India Pvt. Ltd., Chennai

Growth Path
Jan'05 - Apr'05 Senior Programmer
Apr'05 - Apr'06 Programmer Analyst
Apr'06 - Apr'08 Senior Business Analyst
Apr'08 - Aug'10 Chief Technical Officer
Aug’10 – Till Date Senior Business Analyst/Product Owner

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