Archive for September, 2008
Scrubs Make the Man
We’ve all heard stories of the unauthorized person wearing scrubs to bypass hospital security. I’ve even written about it in It Only Takes One. It’s not unimportant. But the past couple of weeks have been a rollercoaster in the economy, so lets take a break this week.
Instead, I’ll offer up PC911, a Las Vegas PC tech support firm that rushes to your ailing computer’s aid in an ambulance and with technicians wearing scrubs. (I don’t think this would cause any Joint Commission-type access management alarms to go off because I don’t see any hospitals in their customer list. However, there are several medical practices in the list … But I’ll let that go because I said we’re taking a break this week.)
See all the pictures and read the full story at CNN Money Small Business. And don’t miss the best line:
“When we pull into some of the senior neighborhoods in Las Vegas, 15 to 20 people come running outside their doors,” Stone says. “They’re wondering, ‘What’s wrong with my neighbor?’”
Add comment September 29, 2008
Medical Insurance Company Pushing HCIR Credentialing
Vendor credentialing isn’t just about Joint Comission requirements. It’s about Medicare/Medicaid reimbursements. It’s about HIPAA management. It’s about SOX ethics documentation. It’s about supply chain due diligence.
And now, it may be about reimbursements from insurance carriers.
Vendormate just fielded an inbound request for information from a hospital. A major insurance provider in the area has just notified the hospital that before they will reimburse for patient claims, the hospital must have a vendor credentialing system in place. The credentialing program must be able to verify that all HCIR in the OR product training certificates, TB test and Infection Control training.
If this is happening to you, of course, we’re more than happy to assist.
Add comment September 12, 2008
The Cost of Credentialing
The impact of healthcare credentialing registrations on vendors cannot be overlooked. Some of the debate centers on the expense of unique health system-driven programs vs. a rep-level standardized program. Nearly 500 hospitals have chosen Vendormate to manage their rep credentialing as well as business processes well beyond that. With that sizable base, we analyzed the impact of these registrations to our vendor participants. Here’s what we learned:
Ironically, if these same reps had registered with a community-based model, they would have paid more. And the healthcare systems would still have to find a solution to managing their custom policies and their entity-level checks and records.
In the end, successful programs will be measured on the participation and cooperation between healthcare networks and vendors not on the cost. So to encourage participation, Vendormate has been working directly with vendor companies to create custom programs ranging from prepaid volume discounts to full credential document management. If you’d like to discuss a program for your registering company, contact us at vendorservices@vendormate.com.
5 comments September 9, 2008
