Data Strategies, Inc. Partner Information

No healthcare technology product is an island, and MDsuite is no exception.

We rely on partnerships with other leading technology providers, so our clients enjoy a complete, extended technology solution. To find a solution partner that is appropriate for your needs, please select from the list below. If your company would like to be considered in a new opportunity, please contact us.

Clinical



Patient Education Sheets by ExitCare

The ExitCare Patient Education Solution features 2,943 documents covering most medical specialties including Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Orthopedics, Sports Medicine, Dietary, Radiology, etc. Some documents are formatted to provide concise information for an acute condition, others are general informational documents. ExitCare even has a full complement of age-specific well child documents as well as a library of over 100 Diabetes related documents.

  • Extensive Library – You can provide your patient with clear and concise information on most medical conditions, helping to build a better relationship with your patient.
  • Archive – Permanent archive of all printed instructions and medications prescribed provides proof of exactly what was given out to the patient for any future needs.
  • Medication Reconciliation – A Medication Management System is at your fingertips to reconcile medications helping your patients know the status of each medication.
  • Patient Medication Schedule – You can easily create at schedule with dates, times and check boxes to help your patients track the taking of their medications.
  • Patient Friendly Documents – The liberal use of graphics, bullets, subheadings and color all combine to encourage the patient to actually read their instructions!

Health Information Exchange of New York


Electronic Prescriptions powered by NewCrop

NewCrop LLC provides comprehensive electronic prescribing systems, delivered over the Internet and designed for incorporation into other medical applications such as electronic medical records.

Our content and capabilities meet the needs of individual medical offices as well as medical networks such as IPA's.

  • allergy and drug review from First Data Bank
  • pregnancy and geriatric alerts
  • comprehensive drug information from Lexi-Comp
  • patient leaflets in 18 languages
  • comprehensive managed care formularies from Medimedia including Medicare Part D formularies....all of them.
  • electronic prescription routing from Surescripts
  • formularies and all-doctor drug history from Surescripts.

 

Electronic Lab Partners

 

 

Billing


Claim Scrubbing by 3M Edit Engine
  • 3M Health Information Systems is part of 3M Health Care, one of 3M's six major business segments
  • 3M Health Information Systems has been providing healthcare solutions for 25 years!
  • MDsuite integrates 3M’s industry-leading coding compliance edits and industry-leading medical necessity compliance data
  • 3M Edits help ensure compliance at every phase of the revenue cycle
  • The core components of the 3M Edit Engine are the Data Sets and the Code Viewer

Validating the necessity of medical procedures helps:

  • Healthcare organizations stay compliant with stringent requirements, while upholding patient safety.
  • Facilities reduce denials and achieve appropriate reimbursement for services rendered.

Electronic claims submission helps providers and payers maintain a flow of vital information by enabling the transmission of claims and managed care transactions. That means no more filling out paperwork by hand, waiting for the post office to deliver claims or spending time holding on the phone.

Electronic claims submission, also called Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), connects providers and payers and other health care partners using computers, modems and ordinary phone lines. It allows you to send and receive vital health care information electronically. Information is sent from your practice management system to a clearinghouse network where it is verified for accuracy and then sent straight through to the payer's computer.

There are several reasons why we recommend that health care providers work with a clearinghouse for electronic claims submission:

  • A clearinghouse is connected with many more payers that we could ever connect with directly. Most major clearinghouses are connected with more than 500 commercial and government payers around the country.
  • A clearinghouse is able to take the information generated by your practice management program, and translate it into the specific format required by the payer.
  • A clearinghouse allows the health care provider to submit all their electronic claims in one batch, rather than a separate batch for each payer.
  • Clearinghouses eliminate the need for office staff to prepare claims manually or re-key repetitive transaction information. No paper forms, envelopes or stamps are required.

Claims submitted electronically are processed quickly, efficiently and more accurately. According to Emdeon, a recent study of health care providers, sponsored by the State of New Jersey, showed the tremendous savings available when using EDI:

  1. Physicians save an average of $1.50 or 35 percent per claim by using EDI instead of paper.
  2. Physicians report 21% fewer rejected initial claims and 20% fewer rejected follow-up claims.
  3. Physicians save an average of 30 days in collecting accounts receivable for electronic claims or 52 percent improvement in cash flow vs. paper claims.
  4. In addition, the study found physicians using EDI improved their efficiency, productivity and data accuracy through improved payment turnaround time, reduced rejected claims and improved patient relations.

Gateway EDI- Electronic Claim and Statement Processing

Gateway EDI’s claim tools and products are designed to simplify daily operations, increase office efficiency, and decrease rejection rates.  All of our tools are created to meet or exceed HIPAA requirements.

Gateway EDI customer service representatives have an average of 11 years in the health care industry, so they understand your daily challenges.  Our experts are always ready to answer your calls real time. We also have a track record of 92% instant resolution.  We make you our priority, so you can make patients your priority.

For more information about Gateway EDI, please call (800) 969-3666 or visit our web site at www.gatewayedi.com.

 

emdeon

emdeon (Formerly WebMD/Envoy)

Emdeon is the largest electronic clearinghouse for commercial claims. They offer a variety of health care-related data services including eligibility and referral inquiries, rosters and encounter information for the managed care industry. Through the strength and breadth of Emdeon's network that links providers, EDI service vendors, and payers, the company's combined transaction volume is rapidly approaching one billion transactions per year.

ExpressBill

 

 

ExpressBill - Electronic Statement Processing 

To provide a more complete electronic billing solution, you can use MDsuite to outsource your statement processing.

ExpressBill -- part of the emdeon family of services -- will process, print and mail the statements to patients. This will significantly decrease the overhead associated with billing patients.

Typically, statements are processed electronically like this:

  • elligence generates a batch of statements, and creates a file on your hard drive.
  • You transmit the file to the statements processing service bureau using a modem and communications software.
  • The service bureau will send an acknowledgement report, indicating they have received your batch, the number of statements included, etc.
  • The file is processed, data is double-checked, and addresses are bar-coded.
  • Your statements are printed.
  • Undeliverable addresses are separated & corrected.
  • Statements are folded, inserted and sorted per US Postal Service specifications, and are mailed out.
  • You receive a report of corrected addresses.
  • Payment is made by the patient to your office.

RelayHealth

About RelayHealth
RelayHealth, McKesson´s connectivity business, operates as a neutral partner in an open network environment, offering connectivity services and integration among all organizations, systems, and solutions.

Its intelligent network is designed to streamline clinical, financial and administrative communication between patients, providers, payors, pharmacies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and financial institutions.

RelayHealth works to accelerate the delivery of high-quality care and improve financial performance through solutions such as online consultation of physicians by patients, electronic prescribing, point-of-service pharmacy claims resolution by payors, pre-visit patient financial clearance by providers, and post-visit provider bill settlement by payors and patients.

RelayHealth securely processes more than 12 billion financial and clinical transactions annually.

For more information, call (800) 778–6711, or visit our Web site at www.relayhealth.com.

Practice Insight -Electronic Claim Processing

http://www.practiceinsight.net

eTactics -Electronic Claim Processing

http://www.etacticsinc.com/

InstaMed -Electronic Claim Processing

http://www.instamed.com/

Scheduling

  

Inphonite, LLC (formerly JulySoft) offers the finest in telephony applications to deliver unsurpassed patient communication solutions to healthcare professionals. Their automated appointment reminder system, InphoniteVoice reduces no-shows and eases staff workload.

With nearly twenty years experience in telephony solutions, and seamless integration to hundreds of software systems, Inphonite is the solution provider of choice for over one thousand healthcare organizations, businesses, educational institutions, and government agencies.

Radiology Information Systems (RIS)

Radiology practices, diagnostic imaging centers, and related organizations can now integrate the entire radiological information workflow.

Radiology information systems (RIS) enable integration and automation of scheduling, exam tracking, technical, professional and transcription worklist management, report distribution, image tracking, coding, billing, and practice analysis.

Sectra has been a stable, profitable international IT company with over 20 years of experience in medical imaging system development, integration and interoperability. The medical group’s primary focus is developing top of the line, high availability digital imaging products for the Radiology, Mammography and Orthopedic market segments. Today, in excess of 1,000 installations worldwide use Sectra’s technology daily, resulting in more than 40 million radiology examinations being diagnosed using Sectra’s RIS PACS annually. This makes Sectra among the largest RIS PACS companies worldwide and a proven leader in medical imaging technology innovation.

A recognized leader in medical software development, Sectra continues to amass international recognition for their impact on the Healthcare landscape.

  • KLAS: #2 Rated in Community PACS, continuously a Top 5 PACS Provider
  • RT Image: Named “One of the 25 Most Influential Healthcare Companies”
  • Frost and Sullivan: Imaging Company of the Year Award
  • Microsoft Corporation: Awarded the “.Net Award for Innovation in Healthcare IT”

For more information:

See: www.sectra.com/medical

www.futureproofpacs.com 

 

Merge eMed

Merge eMed

Merge eMed, a Merge Healthcare company, is focused on accelerating productivity for radiology department and specialty practices, imaging centers and hospitals. By combining sophisticated RIS, PACS, advanced visualization and clinical imaging applications, Merge eMed delivers integrated end-to-end software solutions and professional services that are transforming the way our customers interact with referring physicians, manage their workflow, position their businesses in their markets and deliver imaging and information services to their customers. We ensure our customers' success in today's competitive healthcare environment by streamlining business and clinical workflow with digital image and information solutions and services.

FUSION RIS™

Fusion RIS is a complete integrated business and clinical workflow solution, which includes all of the easy navigation, worklist management, group practice deployment, integration capabilities and security features that have allowed clients to accelerate productivity from scheduling through billing, reporting and distribution of results. FUSION RIS™ has optional modules, such as Document Management, Digital Dictation, Billing, Mammography Tracking and Referring Practice Portal, to further enhance workflow. The Practice Analysis functionality in FUSION RIS is so advanced that you can analyze, report and make decisions on your imaging business with simple mouse clicks.

Target Customers:

Imaging centers, specialty clinics and small-to-medium sized hospitals.

How FUSION RIS Integrates with elligence:

Merge eMed has partnered with DSI to integrate the MDsuite billing module for claims submission, claims management and accounts receivable into FUSION RIS workflow. Charges, time of service payments, and related information are passed directly to MDsuite via a real-time HL7 interface. Claims may be processed in MDsuite electronically using HIPAA compliant ANSI standard transmission.

The FUSION RIS workflow solution will provide dramatic benefits for your practice and can help you accomplish the following:

  • Generate reports faster
  • Accelerate cash flow and collections
  • Increase productivity
  • Uncover bottlenecks
  • Maximize revenue streams
  • Increase referring physician and patient satisfaction
  • Reduce administrative workload
  • Move towards a filmless/paperless environment

For more info, please go to www.merge-emed.com or call toll-free (877) 446-3743.

IT

CDCE’s healthcare team works with our customers on all aspects of enterprise-level Wireless Mobile deployment from planning and operational site surveys to successful implementation of hardware, software and training. Our suite of mobile wireless and Internet-leveraging products and services can return your investment in six to twelve months. Our unique step-by-step mobile deployment process increases security and productivity. It improves patient and staff satisfaction and reduces overall operational costs.

Simply stated, CDCE’s mobile computing solutions provide healthcare personnel with state-of-the-art equipment to service patient needs more effectively and efficiently each day. Please call to discuss how we may be able to help improve your departmental or organizational workflow…saving you time and money.

800-373-5353

www.cdce.com

 

Medical Practice Technologies


Medical Practice Technologies (MPT) is a nationwide IT implementation and support organization that focuses solely on private medical practices. 

MPT provides consulting, system design, implementation, upgrades, and ongoing support with their foundational PSSA (Practice System Support Agreement) contracts.  The PSSA provides unlimited remote annual help desk support, and bi-monthly remote maintenance of your system including full reports with their progress. 


They are also very familiar with the implementation and system requirements for elligence, and the special needs and requirements of medical practices in general.  MPT is proactive and not reactive as is the case in almost all other traditional local IT support companies.  The PSSA has a flat cost annual fee with many enhanced options to choose from.  Call them whenever you need them day or night.  They will always respond quickly with highly experienced support specialists that will talk to you at a level you can understand, with friendliness and patience. Their purpose is to let physicians and staff focus on their patient's health, and not on IT system problems.

(888) 506-9186
www.medpractech.com

PCsmart Corporation 

PCsmart Corporation is San Diego's health care industry computer network services provider of choice.

Featuring Microsoft Certified Technicians, PCsmart consults with clients to determine needs, and then implements solutions ranging from simple repairs to complex Wide Area Network infrastructures. In addition, PCsmart provides ongoing service and support onsite, via phone, and via remote access. PCsmart also offers maintenance plans that allow you peace of mind in knowing that your valuable IT assets are being continually monitored by professionals.

www.pcsmart.biz
  (858) 565-1994
You may also page us at: (858) 494-1999

 

We look forward to serving you!