Case Study
Practice profile IMS Improves Claims Processing and Provides Better Support to Thriving ENT Practice
Practice profile IMS Improves Claims Processing and Provides Better Support to Thriving ENT Practice
Practice profile The Situation: Billing Issues & Lack of Customer Support Dr. Byron Timberlake owns Timberlake MD, a successful Ear, Nose and Throat practice based in Winchester, Virginia, with an additional part-time office in Front Royal. The practice employs one physician, one LPN, one CNA, one full-time lead lab technician and two part- time lab techs. They currently see approximately 4,000 patients, including 600 allergy patients. In March 2010, Dr. Timberlake’s office began making the conversion to an electronic system using the web-based solution of a large competitor for practice management and billing. Unfortunately, the transition was not a smooth one, so they did not even attempt to use the EHR function. When their new practice manager, Ann Hiner, came onboard