Consulting
To achieve a superior business-side anesthesia environment, there has to be a clear and holistic understanding of the myriad issues impacting operational productivity. One of VitalMed's strengths is the experience to see past the obvious issues into areas that are harder to gain control over and provide customized solutions. These gray areas are often the difference between a chaotic environment and harmony between the stakeholders.
Subsidy Reviews
VitalMed will analyze and evaluate current or future subsidy arrangements using both local and national market data. We'll then assist in negotiating a fair market value subsidy.
Perioperative Reviews
VitalMed can help you conduct a full perioperative process review, identifying improvement areas impacting the overall operation. We'll spend time in your operating room evaluating patient flow, turnover times, room staffing, and other issues related to efficient operation. Often, the result is a greatly improved process for everyone involved.
Coding Audits and Education
Coding audits are at an all-time high, driven by tougher insurance and government regulations. Often, incidents of fraud are the result of nothing more than commonplace mistakes or the unintentional use of invalid codes. Yet the law states that no specific intent to defraud is required for fines of $10,000 per offense to be levied. VitalMed has experience in self-disclosure audits, OIG reviews, proactive auditing, provider and staff education, among many other areas. With so much at stake and knowing VitalMed has the expertise, making us part of your team just makes sense. We can help your providers improve documentation, help coding/billing staff minimize errors, increase overall knowledge for everyone involved, and ultimately minimize your liability.
HIPAA Readiness and Education
It's largely assumed that hospitals are HIPAA compliant, but did you know that providers are responsible for making sure their practices and the operations of any business partners are also HIPAA compliant? Ignorance of the law isn't a valid defense, and every practice is held responsible for taking the necessary steps to modify or add compliance procedures into existing business and clinical operations. VitalMed is fully HIPAA compliant, and we can advise and assist both providers and hospitals in making sure effective compliance measures are in place.
For You, the Physician
It means your perioperative process will get stronger. And it means our coding and compliance team can help protect you from coding audits and expensive compliance violations of every kind.
For You, the CRNA
It means the perioperative process you deal with every day will get more efficient, making your job more about medicine. It also means you can concentrate more fully knowing you’re safer from code audits and compliance violations.
For You, the Hospital
It means you finally get the efficient perioperative process your surgeons want, the ability to impact subsidies, and opportunity to increase volume. You can rest easy knowing your anesthesia revenue cycle is in compliance with payer regulations.