Who DocVilla is best for
DocVilla is a cloud-based EHR and practice management platform owned by PS3G Inc. It combines charting, scheduling, telehealth, e-prescribing, billing and a patient portal, and is marketed to solo and small practices, cash-based and Direct Primary Care (DPC) clinics, and nurse practitioners.
Best for
- Solo and small practices that want EHR, scheduling, telehealth and billing in one subscription
- Direct Primary Care, med spa, weight loss and functional medicine clinics that need inventory, point of sale and DPC support
- Prescribers who send compounded medications to specialty pharmacies
Not ideal for
- Practices that want short commitments or fully published pricing
- Larger groups that need ONC-certified software for federal quality reporting (DocVilla does not mention ONC certification)
DocVilla pros and cons
Pros
- Published per-provider plan prices, from $100 per month
- Surescripts-certified e-prescribing with NewRx, RefillRequest, RxChange and CancelRx, plus EPCS
- Compound drug prescribing, with connections to compounding pharmacies such as Empower, Olympia and Strive
- Bi-directional lab interfaces with Quest Diagnostics and Labcorp
- Built-in telehealth, patient portal, inventory and DPC support
- DocVilla Doctor app on iOS, plus a DocVilla patient app on iOS and Android
Cons
- All plans require a minimum one-year contract, and the Bronze plan is paid annually up front
- Setup and training fees apply but are not listed; EPCS and several add-ons are priced only through sales
- e-Prescribing, eligibility checks and claim filing start at the Gold plan ($350 per provider per month)
- Usage fees for eFax, SMS and speech-to-text add to the base price
- No ONC certification or third-party security audit is mentioned
DocVilla pricing
DocVilla publishes plans per provider per month:
- Bronze, $100: basic EHR, basic telemedicine, scheduling, email reminders and mobile apps; no staff users; annual payment up front.
- Silver, $200: adds practice management, patient portal with online booking, card processing, inventory and superbills.
- Gold, $350: adds Surescripts eRx, PDMP, electronic prior authorization, eligibility, claim filing, ERA auto-posting, lab integration and DPC support.
- Platinum: quote-based, for practices with more than 25 prescribers.
All plans need a one-year minimum contract, and an initiation and training fee applies; DocVilla says monthly plans are available at a higher price through sales. Add-ons include HIPAA eFax from $30 per month for 200 pages, SMS ($50 registration, $10 per month for the number and per-message charges), pay-as-you-go speech-to-text and EPCS. Lab interfaces can carry extra fees.
Key features
- EHR: customizable SOAP note templates, speech-to-text dictation, consent forms and document management
- e-Prescribing: Surescripts certified, EPCS with DEA-required two-factor tokens, allergy alerts, compound formulas and eFax to pharmacies
- Practice management: scheduling, reminders, inventory and point of sale
- Billing: eligibility checks, claim filing, ERA, patient statements and card processing, with optional billing services
- Telehealth and patient portal with secure messaging and online booking
HIPAA, security and integrations
DocVilla says its EHR, messaging, eFax and telehealth are HIPAA compliant, that data is encrypted with 256-bit encryption at rest and in transit, that it is hosted on Google and AWS cloud, and that the EHR keeps audit trails. It does not mention a business associate agreement, ONC certification, SOC 2 or HITRUST. Integrations named include Surescripts, Quest Diagnostics and Labcorp, Fullscript, Stripe, DirectTrust messaging, HL7 and health information exchange connectivity.
DocVilla alternatives
- CharmHealth — a cloud EHR, practice management and billing platform with a free plan and per-encounter pricing.
- DrChrono — an iPad-friendly EHR with built-in billing for small practices.
- Elation Health — a primary care EHR used by independent and DPC physicians.
- Practice Fusion — an ONC-certified cloud EHR for small practices.
- RXNT eRx — standalone e-prescribing if you only need eRx and EPCS.
