The use of a third party billing service is becoming common practice throughout the medical field and is rapidly increasing within the dialysis industry due to the increased resources necessary to bill for dialysis reimbursement.  By using a third party service that specializes in dialysis billing, ...

The process of adopting Electronic Health Record software, (“EHR") for a dialysis facility is not a simple proposition. In our experience at GAIA Software, the most difficult issue is the area of cultural adoption which plays a critical role in successfully implementing an EHR.

For years, many top-notch dialysis centers have been using paper charts to keep track of their patients’ medical records. Switching to an Electronic Health Record (EHR), sometimes referred to as an Electronic Medical Record (EMR), system can seem like a daunting task, and many dialysis center ...

As you may have heard, Gaia recently released significant enhancements to our dialysis specific EHR with awesome new functions and features. Below are some highlights of what is new in Gaia.

Under the ESRD Prospective Payment System (PPS), facilities may be eligible to be paid an adjustment to their PPS rate if the facility furnished less than 4,000 treatments in each of the three years preceding the payment year.