Joliet Physician Completes MU Attestation

June 4, 2012 - PRLog -- CHICAGO, Ill., June 4, 2012 – SA Ignite, Inc., a provider of software solutions that streamline and automate the “last mile” of reaching Meaningful Use (MU), announced today the first physician at client Meridian Medical Group, a user of Allscripts Enterprise software, has successfully attested to receive his Medicare Meaningful Use Stage One incentive payment by using SA Ignite’s MU Assistant software.

Vairavan Viswanathan, M.D. and Chief Medical Information Officer of Meridian Medical Group, a 50-physician multispecialty practice in Joliet, Ill., became the first user to attest by integrating MU Assistant with Allscripts Enterprise electronic health records (EHR) system.

“SA Ignite’s MU Assistant worked seamlessly with our Allscripts Enterprise software,” said Dr. Viswanathan. “All I had to focus on was changing my own work flows. It was such a relief to have someone helping me interpret the regulations and I didn’t need to worry about doing anything incorrectly during the attestation process.”

SA Ignite, Inc. builds innovative software products that enable unprecedented improvements in electronic health record (EHR) usage. Its software solutions streamline the Meaningful Use (MU) reporting process and automate the identification of root causes behind usage problems. Its MU Assistant has been dubbed the “TurboTax® equivalent,” for its ability to automate clients’ MU reporting and achieve one-click electronic attestation to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).  

“Many physicians are finding that their EHR system cannot take them all the way to attestation, and the MU Assistant can be the solution to accelerate MU compliance and take the pain out of Meaningful Use reporting,” said Tom S. Lee, CEO and Founder, SA Ignite. “Our experience with Meridian proves that MU Assistant integrates easily with Allscripts EHR software, resulting in one-click electronic attestation.”

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About SA Ignite, Inc.
SA Ignite, Inc. builds innovative software products that enable unprecedented improvements in EHR usage. Its software solutions streamline the
Meaningful Use (MU) reporting process and automate the identification of root causes behind usage problems. Now serving more than 3,000 providers, SA Ignite’s products work with any EHR system without requiring the assistance of EHR vendors. SA Ignite believes monitoring and improving EHR usage can bring transformative improvements to healthcare efficiency. Visit www.saignite.com.