Mount Kisco Medical Group Achieves Stage 1 Meaningful Use with Assistance from Entrust Healthcare

MT. KISCO, N.Y. and COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mount Kisco Medical Group (MKMG) and Entrust Healthcare (Entrust) today announced achievement of Stage 1 Meaningful Use as defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, resulting in recognition of 181 of 182 eligible healthcare professionals at MKMG. 

Consultant expertise from Entrust was engaged by MKMG for help to develop its plan, track physician progress, and see that filing and attestation were done correctly and on schedule. More than 180 eligible MKMG providers using NextGen® Ambulatory EMR software met measure objectives and completed attestation online within a defined 90-day measurement period.

Dr. Abe Levy, MKMG Medical Director and Chief Quality Officer, remarked: "Our organization rarely uses consultants, but given this project's importance, complexity and aggressive timing, having professionals from Entrust on our team was instrumental to success. Staff augmentation helped strengthen our standing for long term financial and clinical goals, beyond incentive payments, without compromising our resource commitment to high quality patient care."

Entrust Managing Partner, Christopher Assif, remarked: "Providers realize value add on projects of this caliber when the consultant skill sets include solid work experience in the clinical domain plus technical knowledge. Professionals who can build the required process changes directly into a practice's work flow and also provide insight on how the practice will use them contribute to success of the client that is both immediate as well as future."

About Mount Kisco Medical Group

The Mount Kisco Medical Group PC is a 65 year old multi-specialty medical group that provides the highest quality medical care to over 275,000 patients in 25 different locations throughout Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess counties. Founded in 1946, MKMG has grown to over 280 physicians representing 40 different medical specialties with major campuses in Mount Kisco, Carmel, Katonah, Fishkill, and Poughkeepsie. The group is an independent affiliate of the internationally recognized Massachusetts General Hospital. MKMG has on-site Laboratory, Pathology, Radiology, Endoscopy, Infusion, and Ambulatory Surgery services, rendering comprehensive quality care in convenient locations.  The Group has always maintained a firm commitment to each patient… to provide high quality medical and surgical care in a warm, friendly setting, and in a caring manner. Each and every member of our staff is dedicated to this ideal. www.mkmg.com.

About Entrust Healthcare

Entrust Healthcare is a full-service consulting and services firm specifically designed for physician practices, ambulatory care, diagnostic and surgery centers, urgent care providers and community medical centers. Our team of experienced professionals delivers thousands of hours of assistance to providers nationwide in the areas of Electronic Medical Record selection and implementation, all aspects of revenue cycle management, information technology and Meaningful Use readiness. More information is available at http://www.entrusthc.com

NextGen is a registered trademark of NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.

SOURCE Entrust Healthcare