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Mike Holihan

Mike Holihan is MediSked's Director of Sales & Marketing. He has authored over 200 blog posts on the topics of technology and DD services and speaks nationally in the space.

Recent Posts

4 Reasons why an EHR for DD Providers is a mistake

Posted by Mike Holihan on Thu, Nov 14, 2013 @ 09:54 AM

If you've been doing research on software for your agency, chances are you have researched certified EHRs as an option and know a little bit about meaningful use reimbursements from the government.  If you haven't, here's a little background.  According to CMS.gov, the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs provide incentive payments to eligible professionals, eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) as they adopt, implement, upgrade or demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR technology. Eligible professionals can receive up to $44,000 through the Medicare EHR Incentive Program and up to $63,750 through the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program.  

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Tags: EHR, Provider Agencies

Why Pinterest Works for Provider Agencies

Posted by Mike Holihan on Thu, Nov 07, 2013 @ 12:56 PM

As providers, you are constantly tasked to not only provide awareness of your services to the community but to also create a community of services and advocacy.  Most agencies at this point have integrated social media as part of their communications strategy to help serve this goal.  Facebook and Twitter are certaintly the most popular standbys and are very good at getting your messaging across and sharing news, pictures and other things going on at the agency.  Hopefully your agency has a Facebook fan page and is making use of that technology.  If not, get to it!! You're missing out an a key way to communicate to all of your stakeholders and other agencies in your community are doing it.  To take social media on step further and differentiate yourselves even more, I suggest venturing your agency into Pinterest.  To promote your services, advocacy and the artwork that your clients do, there's no better social media tool then Pinterest.  Here's why:
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Tags: Provider Agencies, MediSked Company News

Your staff can do it! Digital documentation

Posted by Mike Holihan on Thu, Oct 17, 2013 @ 09:03 AM

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Tags: Documentation, Direct Support Professionals, Mobile, Technology

The Future of Cloud Based Software for Provider Agencies

Posted by Mike Holihan on Thu, Oct 10, 2013 @ 11:28 AM

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Tags: Provider Agencies, MediSked Company News, Paperless / Cloud Based