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As the popularity of high deductible health plans with low monthly premiums increases, the out-of-pocket maximum for each patient and the cost for each visit also increases. This creates a growing challenge for specialty practices to collect, as there is a 62 percent lower likelihood of payment once the patient leaves the office. The changing payer model creates a need for a patient-centric specialty practice experience to help collect more at the time of each patient visit.

Nextech is among the top 10 favorite EHRs, according to a recent Medscape Medical News survey. Asking them to rank their EHR system based on criteria such as ease of use, vendor support and interoperability, more than 18,500 physicians across 25 specialties responded to the survey. The information was gathered and scored based on a five-point scale.

Among EHR adopters, the notion of one-size-doesn’t-fit-all has reached its tipping point with many specialty physicians opting for EHR technology that is unique to their area of expertise rather than making an EHR system do something it was never intended to do. Nextech CEO and President David Henriksen explains how physicians can leverage the benefits of a specialty solution to better equip them to meet Stage 2 Meaningful Use criteria. Read More at EHR Intelligence