Credit Card Processing through EMR -- eClinicalWorks and TransFirst

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Anyone on eCW using the integrated TransFirst Credit Card processing through the EMR?Happy with it?I'm about to sign up for the feature, but as usual, the contracts and fees through TransFirst are so convoluted, it's difficult to tell if there is a financial benefit/savings - until after the charges roll in later.

Since it is integrated into the EMR, I'm willing to break even on the cost of the merchant, but wanted to see if anyone had experienced it yet.Thanks

Locke, MDLocke Family Medicine===========================http://www.eclinicalworks.com/partners-payment-solutions.htm

eClinicalWorks and TransFirst have partnered to bring efficiency and automation to your patient payment process. Staff can now complete credit card and electronic debits to checking or savings accounts - while at the front desk within a patient’s scheduled encounter or from the Payments posting window – all without leaving the eClinicalWorks system. In seconds, payment is authorized and patient ledger and daily payment reports are updated. Payments become part of your office flow instead of a daily nuisance; front-office and post-adjudication payments are no longer outside the system manual steps. Reduce time spent processing payments, time spent updating two systems, time spent balancing two systems, reduce front-desk clutter (no need for that old credit card terminal) AND introduce new payments options to your patients use in managing their growing private pay responsibility. 

http://www.transfirst.com/eclinical/

In your busy healthcare or medical practice, patient payment processing should

be part of your regular office flow, not a daily nuisance that takes up staff

time and leaves room for error.

eClinicalWorks has

teamed up with TransFirst, which serves more than 30,000 healthcare providers,

to bring automation and efficiency to your patient payment process. Through our

integrated payment processing system, staff can process patient credit card payments

and electronic drafts from checking and savings accounts directly from

eClinicalWorks' EPM system.

·  Reduce front-desk clutter – no need for a

credit card terminal

·  Staff saves time updating and balancing – all

your payment processing is integrated into one system

·  Offer more payment options to your patients –

more choices can lead to more patient satisfaction and less attrition

·  TransFirst offers in-house, 24/7 customer

service, online reporting and simple contracting.

Take the first steps to more efficient payment

processing.

Take

advantage of these benefits:

·  Automatic payment

posting to EPM

·  No costly maintenance of

point-of-sale equipment or telephone lines

·  Increased efficiency and

faster checkout time by using one system

·  Gross deposits (fees

charged monthly, not daily) for simple balancing and auditing

·  Manage multiple patient

payment options including Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express and ACH

(electronic checks) through a single processor relationship

·  No contract term or cancellation fees