Health care is moving to Electronic Medical Records (EMR). Unfortunately, many billing services companies are left behind. Medical providers leave their billing companies because EMR solutions that work in conjunction with billing services are not readily available.
The Team Chart Concept (TCC) software system from Ulrich Medical Concepts is a totally integrated solution that meets the information needs of both medical facilities and a billing services companies.
Using TCC, money is saved by:
- Reducing or eliminating transcription costs.
- Reducing or eliminating paper chart-related costs.
- Improving staff efficiency.
Revenue can be enhanced by:
- Improving coding accuracy.
- Improving charge entry.
- Increasing provider productivity.
Benefits of TCC to the billing services company:
- Charge capture can be done automatically "behind-the-scenes" as a response of a provider entering template-based dictation
- TCC fully supports HIPAA-compliant electronic claims, remittance, and eligibility checking
- TCC can bill directly to third party payers and/or to clearinghouses
- TCC supports both professional and institutional billing
- Provider dictation, scanned EOB's, scanned insurance cards, previous claims and statements are all integrated with billing data to allow for rapid review by the billing staff
- TCC's integrated Report Writer can be used to build reports (such as A/R analysis, claim rejection, productivity, etc.) tailored to the billing company's workflow
- TCC can audit provider dictation based on Medicare Coding Guidelines as well as perform claim scrubbing, code sequencing and medical necessity checks
- Fee & contract schedules ensure that all charges and payments are applied and received at the correct amounts
Benefits of TCC to the health care provider:
- No more paper charts - Instant access to all patient information
- Provider dictation can be rapidly entered at the point of care. Upon completion of the patient encounter, a claim is ready to bill
- Orders, to-do requests, referrals, lab requisitions, and prescriptions can be automatically created as provider dictation is entered
- To-do's, reminders, and health maintenance plans can help manage patient care.
- Prescriptions can be printed or faxed directly to the pharmacy
- Clinical information such as lab results can be reported on and graphed to track patient progress
- Extensive customization of templates, data entry screens, reports, and workflow is available
- Patient information can be accessed remotely via secure connections from the hospital or the provider's home
- Providers & staff can use tablet PC's, laptops, desktops, or thin-client machines
- Improved patient perceptions
Billing services companies typically bill their clients a percentage of revenues collected. In support of this model, Ulrich Medical Concepts can offer the full power of TCC to a billing services company as a simple add-on percentage rate charged to your client. For a few percentage points more than is charged for basic billing services, your client can harness the power and efficiencies of TCC's integrated billing, scheduling, and EMR solution with no up-front software costs.
The percentage rate charged by UMC to the billing services company depends on several factors and can be tailored to fit the needs of each situation. For example, a smaller billing services company may ask UMC to undertake setup, training, and on-going clinical support. A larger billing services company may need those services initially, but can reduce their percentage by assuming responsibility for those services over time.
Note that setup, training & support can be reimbursed to UMC as a percentage of collected charges or as a flat fee.
To present a unified image to your clients, Ulrich Medical Concepts can issue the software under your label or branded image.
For the total solution that brings your clients the benefits of EMR and dramatically increases the efficiencies of your billing services company, please contact Ulrich Medical Concepts today at 270-744-0404. |