Avoid NDC Errors While Prescribing

Benefit: Regularly update your medications’ NDC codes to avoid errors while prescribing.   What is an NDC code? The National Drug Code, or NDC is a unique number that is a universal product identifier for human drugs in the United States. Each one is specifically tied to a specific drug, dosage, and mechanism of delivery.

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Search Patients by MRN with NO CLICKS!

Benefit: When accessing the Medical Charts Main Page to search for gGastro patients, the Name field is automatically activated.  However, if you are searching by the patient’s Medical Record Number (MRN), rather than the name, there are a few shortcuts that can cut out mouse clicks altogether!   STEP 1 Access the Medical Charts Main

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Estimate Patient Costs with gEstimator

gEstimator is a gPM feature intended to assist practices and patients better understand the expected cost of a service, before the service is provided. This feature works directly with the clearinghouse to obtain real-time patient eligibility for the specific procedure(s) that will be performed, for the specific service location and provider who performing the service.

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HIPAA Reminder – Emailing and Communicating with PHI

Do your patients request information be sent to them via email, such as a receipt for an office visit? If your email contains any information regarding a patient and/or their services or their claim, it may contain protected health information (PHI) belonging to that patient and should not be emailed without encryption. As a reminder, emails

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Prescribe from a Task

Benefit: When receiving a gGastro task requesting a prescription, you can easily access the prescribing panel and complete the request (and the task!) within minutes!   STEP 1 Within the task, click the Profile button. STEP 2 In the Profile, click the Current Medications header, then click Prescribe and complete the popup.  STEP 3 Return to the

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Introducing gReminder+!

Modernizing Medicine® Gastroenterology is excited to announce that it is upgrading its gPM™ patient appointment reminder service from gReminder to gReminder+™ at no additional fee for existing gReminder users. Additional features you can expect to see in gReminder+ include: Appointment reminders with automated text, email and phone calls Automated messages that engage “no-show” patients to reschedule On-demand messages to help communicate

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Update Patient Demographics From a Charge

Benefit: While reviewing charges and billing, sometimes we need to make updates to the patient’s insurance or demographics. You can do this right from the superbill without missing a beat!   STEP 1 From the superbill or encounter, click on the patient’s name, displayed as a hyperlink.  STEP 2 View or update the patient’s demographics,

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Reduce Your Faxing Volume

Benefit: You can significantly decrease your faxing volume with just a few tweaks to your workflow.  By utilizing the tools that gGastro offers, including Direct Messaging, Patient Portal and Output Manager, as well as training staff on alternate options within the system, you can save time and money!   OPTION 1 Utilize Direct Messaging to:  Send referral

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Manage Patient Recommendations

Benefit: With gGastro, you are able to configure specific recommendations and guidelines to help provide the best possible patient care.  By updating the patient’s recommendations appropriately, you can be assured that only those that are due are called to your attention when accessing the patient’s chart.   STEP 1 When accessing the patient’s chart, click

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View Recent Encounters While Billing

Benefit: While reviewing or posting charges, sometimes you must reference other services from that patient’s chart. You can easily do this right from the Superbill, without even leaving the screen!   STEP 1 Within the Superbill, click the down arrow located in the lower right corner of the screen.  STEP 2 Review the necessary information,

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