[Stratford Software, Inc.]


News
Trial Version
Product
Orders
Support
Future
Users
Newsletters
FAQ
Download
Privacy
Help/Manual
Make Payment
Online Update

 

 

Future

Our present windows version work best with Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Win7,8.x or 20xx and newer servers 32/64. Our Windows version works well with 32bit and 64bit operating systems. Behind the data-entry screen, it is more up to date than any program we have seen. All Stratford software is multi-user, in fact, we have never published a single-user (rinky-dink) application. Unlike some other software vendors we do not charge when you add workstations. Our software is proven and it works. It is the best healthcare billing program available. It will work for the largest customers and it is priced for the smallest. 

We keep our program current with all the changes in healthcare billing, especially the changes in EDI. That is our first commitment. We want to have a program that works first and then make it as beautiful as we can - second. All electronic transmissions are required to be in the ANSI X.12 transaction sets. We have had customers transmitting heavy volume in this format since April, 1994. What other billing software company could make that claim in 1994? 

We have had ANSI X.12 v5010 coded and in all updates as of January 2007. All current versions of the Stratford program have the ANSI X.12 V5010 A1 transactions sets integrated now. Our v5010 was approved by Medicare in early 2011. We have written documentation that a provider using Stratford Software transmitted the first valid Medicare v5010 claim. You can create some claims in a pre-EDI claim file. All Stratford updates contain all ICD9 and ICD10 diagnosis codes as well as an integrated utility to convert between the 2 formats automatically at the time the claim is created prior to 10/1/2015 for TEST CLAIMS ONLY. That means you can enter your diagnosis codes in either ICD9 or ICD10 (or mix them) and the EDI output will be in the format that the receiver (payer or clearinghouse) requires for TEST CLAIMS ONLY PRIOR TO 10/1/2015. We demonstrated this at our user meeting in November 2010 at the Las Vegas Mandalay Bay convention center. What other software company had that capability in 2010?

ICD10-CM (diagnosis codes) and ICD10-PCS (procedure codes) have been adopted by almost all countries in the world except the USA. The Stratford windows version was designed to be compatible with ICD10 in 1998 and will accommodate all the known variations/extensions of ICD10. The present Stratford data table field is 9 characters alpha numeric. ICD9 is 5 characters (about 13,000 codes) and ICD10 is 7 characters (about 120,000 codes).

Our Windows version is available for download using a utility that is distributed with all updates. The windows-compiled version is about 130+ megabytes (compressed). It is not suited for modem download. We recommend DSL or cable modem connections only.

Scheduling and related non-billing functions:  The Windows version has a graphical scheduler. It is a comprehensive, generic, scheduler.  

Electronic Medical Records: (EMR, EPR) Stratford has clinical medical records for all specialties in the program now. This is a fully integrated module - no importing or exporting data. More information here.

Database structure: We are using Microsoft developer tools. We distribute a royalty free database that has no pre-defined number of users. This database has no additional charges per workstation and/or server configurations. This will work for all healthcare provider organizations that we have tested.

We will attempt to allow our users to have full and unrestricted access to their data from their word processing and reporting applications. We recommend 'OpenOffice' for those clients who do not have Microsoft office. We find it to be fully compatible and even easier to use.

Longer term products: We are presently working on an 'app' that will run on Windows, Linux, Apple and Android operating systems on desktop, laptop and tablet computers and maybe even on your smart phone. When (if) this is available, we will have a conversion program that will automatically convert all your data the same as we had to convert data from our old 'DOS' compiled program to the Windows compiled program.

We are interested in developing an application that would run on a Chromebook. A Chromebook is cheap, simple, no hard drive, no updates and not much to maintain. A Chromebook has a keyboard and mouse like a 'real' computer. The database and the application would be on the Internet so the user would not need to periodically download and install updates. You could have as many users as you want in as many locations as you want - all accessing the same application and data. 

 

Back Home Next

 

 

Google

 

Send mail to webmaster@stratfordsoftware.com with questions or comments about this web site.
Copyrighted - all rights reserved - Stratford Software, Inc
Last modified: 09/04/13