Extremity Health Services
Comprehensive podiatry practice management services to improve your clinic
Simplify your podiatry practice
We offer a range of services so that you can focus on what you care about most, patient care. As the nation’s largest podiatry group, you can benefit from the infrastructure of a big company while remaining a small practice.
What We Offer
EMR
EHS's proprietary podiatry module custom-built in Athena
Revenue Cycle Management
Full-service management of billing and collections
HR Consulting and Systems
General HR Consulting, Systems, and Access to EHS's lower cost benefit plans
Group Purchasing
Lower supply costs through group purchasing
EMR
EHS’s proprietary podiatry module custom-built in Athena
- Athena is one of the nation’s leading and highest rated EMRs and offers operational, clinical, and technological advantages vs. other EMRs in podiatry
- Patient friendly portal with opportunities for patients to check-in, pay bills, schedule appointment, and complete forms electronically
- Call, text, email communication to patients for appointment reminders, bill amounts, clinical recall, and custom campaigns
- Cloud based EMR with only internet needed and accessible from multiple devices including the top-rated EMR smartphone app
- New embedded dictation and voice assistant technology available
- Accessible and convenient quality management tools, including at the point of care
- Leading EMR interoperability capabilities, including populating many hospital admit/discharge information in the chart
- Access to hundreds of podiatry templates, text macros and embedded clinical content
- Improved coding, compliance and documentation giving the opportunity for increased revenue
- Access to EHS's podiatric reporting templates to improve business and practice insights
- Claims Reports
- Patient Volume Reports
- Coding Reports
- Clinical operations reports
EHS’s Athena experts will assist in the implementation and transition from current system
Revenue Cycle Management
Full-service management of billing and collections for your podiatry clinic
What we do
- Appeal denials
- Reduce held claims
- Avoid timely filing mistakes
Immediate benefits
- Robust processes and scale increases collections
- Reduce practice level overhead by removing need for in-house billers and/or free up existing staff to assist with other clinic duties
Long term potential benefits
- With a national presence and regional density, Extremity Health Services is working to negotiate higher rates with commercial insurance payers.
HR Consulting and Systems
General HR Consulting
- Employee termination – Extremity Health Services support with the communication and administration associated with employee termination
- Access to template contracts and agreements
- HR Policy Manuals and Policies & Procedures
Systems
- Option to use Paylocity to manage payroll at no additional cost
Access to EHS’s lower cost benefit plans
- Medical
- Vision
- Dental
- Long-term Disability
Group Purchasing
Lower supply costs through group purchasing
Savings
- Medical supply costs can be more than 10% of annual revenue
- MSO Partners can share in EHS's purchasing power to decrease supply costs by 20% or more
Partners
- Medical Supplies – Talar
- DME – Ovation Medical
- Office Supplies – Staples
Podiatry Practice Setup
Extremity Health Services has successfully setup hundreds of podiatry practices.
- Real estate selection and negotiation
- Floor plan
- Office setup and ordering of supplies
- Vendor setup and management
- Payroll and benefits setup
- Credentialing and contracting services
- Marketing strategy for new offices
Other Available Services
In addition to the services included in our traditional MSO agreement, we can provide total management services to allow you to focus even more on patient care
- Credentialing administration and management
- Financial services (including assisting in budget preparation)
- Compliance consulting
- Full-service payroll management
- Marketing support
- Open to exploring supporting in other ways if requested
