New Software: MPTools -- Invoicing and HIPAA-compliant e-mail with just a few clicks
Posted By: Vann Joe on 2006-06-13
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MPTools, a new release from Emmaus, is a set of six utilities designed to answer real needs by MTs and MTSOs. Among the utilities are these:
1. Create invoices for your clients and pay stubs for your MTs.
- Select client.
- Verify dates.
- Select files.
- Create invoice.
2. E-mail transcribed reports in HIPAA-compliant encrypted zip files with just a few clicks.
- Select client
- Click Suggest filename
- Select files (the actual transcription, not zip files you've made, for the program will zip, encrypt and password protect when it fashions the email)
- Click Send Email. (In the Sent History, each file you've sent is separately listed with abundant information about it: to whom sent, date and time, name of the email, name of the zip file, etc.)
3. Unzip / zip files, even password protected ones, automatically.
4. Print files anywhere on your network.
You'll find MPTools exceptionally easy to use and intuitive. To better explain things we've posted screen captures on the website, and make the program available for download and trial so you can see firsthand how using MPTools will make your workday shorter and easier.
LINK/URL: MPTools
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Which HIPAA E-mail Software Program for OE is easiest/best?
I provide service for an office of three OB-GYNs and the OM/docs may be willing to consider going from hand-held microcassette to hand-held digital recorders (mean no more pickup-delivery of dictation/transcription for me!). I would like to utilize a very (hopefully) simple HIPAA compliant encrypted E-mail program for transferring of files in Outlook Express that will work on my own computer as well as the office's Linux network.
I have found one that appears to offer all of the above features I am looking for and seems reasonably priced called CenturionMail, found at the link provided. Is anyone familiar with this program and/or any others that they would highly recommend? I need something simple as we are all new to this adventure.
My goal is to some day be on the road in our RV, setup with a laptop, and felt an E-mail program would be my best choice for utilizing a campground's Internet connection for uploading/downloading of files. Any thoughts on this?
Thanks for any feedback you can offer me. I sincerely appreciate it.
Is it HIPAA compliant?
That certainly does sound like a great solution! You are right, I would probably want them to zip their files anyway since I have only dial-up available to me at home and would need it at a CG if I ever get to that point in my life.
Thank you for your feedback. It is sincerely appreciated.
This is HIPAA compliant? nm
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I found out it is HIPAA compliant. :) (nm)
HIPAA compliant at home sm
How does one become HIPAA compliant at home? Used to working in an office - don't want to make a mistake. How do all of you do it?
HIPAA compliant email
Is it HIPAA compliant to send reports via email if they are password protected, or does it have to be certified email?
hto seail
HIPAA compliant email
Does winzip qualify as hipaa compliant when used with a password? Does anyone out there work directly for a doctor and have experience with this?
Any help would be appreciated!
Sending a report--HIPAA compliant
I am searching for possibilities to streamline getting reports back to my client. Is there a HIPAA-compliant way to send medical reports securely via email so that they could be printed on site?
Sending a report--HIPAA compliant
This may be easier and less expensive than I thought. I could just encrypt the file, zip it and send via email. The client could then print it out. Has anyone successfully used a free encryption program that meets HIPAA requirements, maybe the free CenturionMail?
Kris
MPWord has been around for years. It is HIPAA compliant and a
contact Vann Joe and ask him questions. He is a very open and honest person.
Need help today with HIPAA compliant form sm
I have agreed to help someone out in their office tomorrow as they had a problem in the office. I realized I will be handling a lot of patient charts, company problems, etc., and would like to bring with me a simple confidentiality statement for their protection and mine without going into a long, lengthy contract. Is there anywhere on the Web I can get something quickly? This is strictly volunteer, I am not charging them, so it's kind of a sticky situation. I just want to cover both of us as they have litiginous minds in there who are very unhappy; this is why they're having problems. Help! Short and sweet, I hope, so I can type it up tonight and bring it along with me. TIA
How is keeping a patient database on your personal computer HIPAA compliant?
I would love an effortless line counting program too, but...
Just curious if anyone has investigated that issue with this software.
invoicing software
I use Microsoft Works version 7.0. It does everything I need as far as my business goes. I also use it to track my line count and my IRA expenses as well. A very versatile program.
Hope this helps.
There is free invoicing software out there. Maybe someone
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Line counting/invoicing software
I'm wondering if there is any line counting software that "stores" each individual doctor's line counts time after time, and then will provide invoicing (say twice a month) from those stored line counts. I'm looking for a way to just store up the line counts for each doctor, go in twice a month and easily send invoices for those stored line counts. Not sure if this can be done. Thank you!
Any suggestions where I can obtain free invoicing software, or reasonably priced. nm
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Clicks...
The keys on the Saitek are nothing like that of a laptop. I find laptop keys "mushy". They are usually flush with the base so less space for them to depress.
OK, this is weird, but I have to hear the click to know I just typed the letter. I also have to see it on the screen. I cannot type while looking away, though I never look at the keys. Go figure. This keyboard is not exceptionally loud, but when you hit the keys, you know it from the sound and you know it from the feel. Hard to explain. The MS Digital Media Pro keyboard I just bought is nice and all, but it just doesn't have that nice tactile feel/response. I feel like I have to press harder on the MS keyboard. Probably if I used it for a week I'd get used to it, but I find I make too many mistakes with it, so it's back to my old faithful Saitek. I used to use Logitech, but they got mushy too!
Question about the new MPTools...sm
Do both the MT and the Client have to have copies or can the client unzip/decrypt without actually owning a copy of MPTools? 
Thanks
All the clicks at the top of WordBoard, this site, are great.
But it clicks? Usually this means not a light touch? Thanks
Could you expound?
MPCount, enhanced in MPTools
Emmaus has discontinued MPCount. Though popular for nearly a decade, it was
definitely obsolete. It was originally released shortly after Windows 98 came
out.
Though highly accurate in counting, MPCount had user-interface
problems:
1. Locating your files to reflect in your invoice was difficult,
for it didn't know about the flexible path to My Documents (introduced in
Windows 2000).
2. You couldn't see the filenames of the actual files you
were selecting, and couldn't filter the files in a folder by Date
Modified.
3. You couldn't delete a client once registered.
4. You couldn't
alter the invoice number.
Furthermore, MPCount could only count MS Word
documents (*.doc, *.rtf) and text document (*.txt). If you had WordPerfect 5.1
documents, MPCount didn't know what to do with them.
MPTools, a new release, replaces the obsolete MPCount.
Besides correcting the four user-interface problems listed above, MPTools
enhances the functionality. MPTools gives you the ability to include
headers/footers in the count and to include formatting codes in the count. You
can also see the results of the multiple counting methods for a given document.
Furthermore, if you give MPTools permission to use Word's conversion filter, the
file types you count can be any file type Word can open. If MS Word can open it,
MPTools can count it. (It is not necessary for you to have MS Word, it is just
an option.)
In addition, with MPTools you can:
1. Send HIPAA-compliant e-mail with a
few clicks.
2. Unzip password protected zips to the folder you specify (and
without entering the password).
3. Print multiple files by selecting
them.
Happy transcribing,
Vann Joe Turner
Emmaus
Publisher of software for
the medical transcription community since 1995
MPCount enhanced in MPTools
Emmaus has discontinued MPCount. Though popular for nearly a decade, it was definitely obsolete. (It was originally released shortly after Windows 98 came out.)
While highly accurate in counting, MPCount had user-interface problems:
1. Locating your files to reflect in your invoice was difficult, for it didn't know about the flexible path to My Documents (introduced in Windows 2000).
2. You couldn't see the filenames of the actual files you were selecting, and couldn't filter the files in a folder by Date Modified.
3. You couldn't delete a client once registered.
4. You couldn't alter the invoice number.
Furthermore, MPCount could only count MS Word documents (*.doc, *.rtf) and text document (*.txt). If you had WordPerfect 5.1 documents, MPCount didn't know what to do with them.
MPTools, a new release, replaces the obsolete MPCount. Besides correcting the four user-interface problems listed above, MPTools enhances the functionality. MPTools gives you the ability to include headers/footers in the count and to include formatting codes in the count. You can also see the results of the multiple counting methods for a given document. Furthermore, if you give MPTools permission to use Word's conversion filter, the file types you count can be any file type Word can open. If MS Word can open it, MPTools can count it. (It is not necessary for you to have MS Word, it is just an option.)
In addition, with MPTools you can:
1. Send HIPAA-compliant e-mail with a few clicks.
2. Unzip password protected zips to the folder you specify (and without entering the password).
3. Print multiple files by selecting them.
Instant Text imports Smartype file with a few clicks
Another option would be to use Instant Text V Pro.
With a few clicks you can convert your Smartype files and blocks into an Instant Text glossary and use your Smartype abbreviations with Chartscript.
See Link below
Inexpensive Line Counter - http://www.mpword.com/mptools.htm - $43.00 - nm
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Invoicing
Hello! When I started as an IC a few months back, the great MTs on this board recommended this free invoicing site. They have a version you can upgrade to, but the free version works for me! I modify it a tad each week, but its great! Very professional looking! Here's the link:
www.mpword.com free version! Its MP count version 4.0 or something to that effect!
Good luck!
Invoicing
You can use Quick Books or Quicken and put in the amount by hourly rate or per line. Anyway, works great for me.
Invoicing
I use Quick Books and love it, been using it for 15 to 20 years. I basically just give them a total line count for each day of the month. It totals for you. But my accounts never question my counts so I don't have to provide any back up. They give me a daily schedule, when done I do my line count and put in on the schdule. Enter the daily totals onto their invoice weekly and by the end of the month, I am ready to print. I usually just hand it in when I do a delivery. They pay within 2-3 days. I do not breakdown for letters/consults/chart notes -- just a line count per doctor per day.
Patti
Invoicing can be set
to whatever you need it to be for that particular facility. There are a lot of options and I bet one that would work!!
What FTP HIPPA Compliant do you use?
I am setting up my web site and I am having trouble understanding FTP and is it HIPPA Compliant. Which one do you use?
Need help with invoicing, first time...
I have to count my own lines for the first time for an invoice. Before this I worked with Emdat and that produces a line count for me. If anyone would be so kind as to help me out I'd greatly appreciate it. I want to be sure I am paid what I should be without overcharging either.
This is how the it was explained to me by the recruiter "Only space between words is counted, while empty lines, tabs, headers, footers, standard templates and hard enters are not counted."
So, when using a counting program how do I set that up? (I downloaded the Sylcount software, but could/would download another if it is easier) What is the easiest way to do this? I'm confused right now, and probably too tired to be trying to do this at the moment anyway...
THANKS!!
Invoicing program
Well, I just bought Quickbook Simple Edition 2007. It supposedly is very highly rated and very user friendly. Don't know if it the same as Quicken, but we will see. Got a good deal though, $35 on Ebay, brand new and sealed, not a return. This is $99 retail. Thank you all for your input. I knew I would get help on this board.
Figuring time for invoicing...
I need an easier way to figure time for invoicing.
For example: An audio is 33 minutes and 31 seconds and the rate of pay is 60.00 per hour.
It takes me forever to figure the correct amount to invoice. Any suggestions to make it easier for me?
Request that they place a stop payment on the check, reissue, and mail priority or overnight mail
If they refuse or invent unbelievable excuses, you'll know you have a problem. If MY check was a week late, there are many months I would be in deep trouble.
I realize checks occasionally do get lost in the mail. If they are 100% sure it was mailed, then they shouldn't mind issuing another.
Be firm and be persistent.
I use the invoicing report that Sylcount produces.
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Is there an invoicing program that will charge by the page?
I need an invoicing program that will charge by the characters in a page. I was looking for something that is simple to use and reasonable too, perhaps $100 or less.
TIA
My friend who works for them is having her mail go to her own account. She hates this new mail prog
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In every company I have worked for that pays via mail, they mail the checks on payday. sm
Depending on the distance you can get them anywhere from 3-8 days later. Right now one takes 3 days, the other 3-5.
Joyce CMT - e-mail karen - deleted your e-mail address nm
nm
How long by mail did it take to get your IRS refund check after a mail out date was given when you c
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My mail carrier just informed me that the mail is sorted by
prisoners as part of their work. Now do you feel safer and more secure?
Block her E-mail, return mail unopened
On AOL I can determine who I want to receive mail from and block those I do not -- and if they are blocked they get their E-mail back as being "undeliverable". If she sends things out -- send back --unaccepted. But to be simple just E-mail her back or call the recuriter if you don't want to deal with her directly and state -- leave me alone. If she is in another state you should not be scared of her but you may simply have to put it out there in no uncertain terms.
Yeah, you're right. Who cares who licenses your software? Heck, I use all pirated software anyw
why pay for anything, right?
Except that is AGAINST THE LAW!!!
A friend of mine got one and she is finding that some of her software, specifically her ISP software
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Client can use any zip-unzip program to unzip the MPTools archives.
Hi,
If your client can currently unzip the files you send, when you send him/her MPTools zips, your client can continue to use the same software as they are currently. They do not need MPTools to access the files.
vJoe
If u need server software, try guild ftp. If just user software
then try cuteftp, coffeecupftp, or wsftp. They don't charge a line rate and I believe guildftp server software is still free.
I'm getting e-mail and personal mail from MQ regarding changes
and lawsuits. What's up with MQ? Any speculation? My mail is general and not specific to my office. Think things are coming to a head with the lawsuits and MQ is trying to play nice?
Another big factor is software. If the software isn't
transcription friendly, it can really hurt your bottom line.
Otherwise, $1.20 per report is a pretty decent rate for radiology.
Good luck - hope it works out for you.
That is against HIPAA
x
What about HIPAA?
 Our hospital is adamant about no accounts going offshore. Not only because of quality, but also privacy, lawsuits, etc. ESPECIALLY after what happened a couple years ago between UCSF Hospital and sub-sub-contractor in India. (MT there who got gypped in pay held accounts for "ransom".)
HIPAA
Some in the office I work in said there are HIPAA rules that apply to transcription, such as font size, etc. Does anyone know about this and where I can get more information.
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HIPAA and cc - what to do? sm
If doctor wants carbon copy sent, I'm told it's a violation of HIPAA rules. Please tell me where I can find this on the Internet. Thanks.
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