VHHA Shared Services Member Program Enhances Value Care Services for 65-Plus Patients

October 25, 2019

Engage Practice Solutions and VHHA Shared Services are offering a no-cost value care service gap assessment to Virginia hospitals and health systems to demonstrate the capabilities of an innovative, data-driven program designed to assist hospitals in providing cost effective, quality care to the growing 65-plus patient population. The CareWorks 65/Virginia program arrives as the U.S….

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FairCode Selected as VHHA DRG Validation Firm for Coding and Clinical Accuracy

September 6, 2019

VHHA Shared Services is pleased to announce its selection of FairCode Associates as a distinctly unique clinical documentation services company that adds physicians to your coding team. Founded in 2001, FairCode is a national health care consulting organization independently owned and operated by clinicians that provides specially trained physicians to review inpatient clinical documentation and…

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Data Firm can help VHHA Members Reduce Practice Subsidies, Prepare for Population Health

December 14, 2018

VHHA Shared Services is pleased to announce it has selected Engage Practice Solutions, an innovative data benchmarking and performance analytics company, to assist member hospitals and health systems with provider network profitability. The company’s benchmarking and predictive analytics tools utilize its patent-pending Patient Complexity Index© (PCI). Developed by clinicians, PCI provides patient severity adjusted viewpoints…

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Beyond EMR: Four Best Practices for Optimizing Efficiency

October 26, 2018

As hospitals and clinicians have settled in to the relatively new world of electronic medical records (EMR), there is an interest in finding new ways to maximize that investment and benefit from the vast datasets these systems collect. Care Logistics, a VHHA Shared Services endorsed partner,  helps health care organizations achieve maximum benefits by aligning…

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Register for CommerceVantage’s Free Health Care Accounts Payable Conference in October

August 31, 2018

CommerceVantage, a VHHA Shared Services endorsed partner, invites Virginia health care providers and payment specialists to attend a free lunch-and-learn event at VHHA offices on Oct. 10 (11 a.m.-1 p.m.). The conference will cover the current health care accounts payable environment, supporting the automation process and the transition to a paperless system, effective supplier payment…

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FairCode Associates’ CDI Services Help Hospitals Identify Missed Opportunities

March 2, 2018

Financial reimbursements on inpatient cases are being driven down by the move to outpatient, value-based agreements, and the ever-increasing complexity of coding regulations. Given those conditions, what are sound clinical documentation strategies to receive fair reimbursements for services rendered? The answers to the following five questions can help your organization, and its clinical documentation improvement…

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Care Logistics Deploys Best Practice Patient Care Progression at the Unit Level

February 21, 2018

With Care Logistics’ Care Progression solution, your care teams can more effectively work toward a common care plan and length-of-stay goal for each patient. Staff can readily identify patients who aren’t progressing as expected and reasons why, giving teams confidence that progression barriers are being addressed proactively. Nursing units provide timely, quality patient care which…

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Optimize Inpatient Services through Enhanced Care Team Coordination

December 8, 2017

Endorsed by VHHA Shared Services, Care Logistics helps hospitals optimize the prioritization and allocation of inpatient services. With Order Logistics software and processes, Care Logistics clients benefit from real time tracking of all current and planned individual patient clinical activity, room assignments, admission and discharge times, and movements. Some specific enhancements include: Patient services (lab,…

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NAVEOS, Shared Services Offer Free Dec. 6 Webinar on CMS Uncompensated Care Payments

November 17, 2017

Early next month, NAVEOS and VHHA Shared Services are offering a complimentary webinar: “Worksheet S-10 is Here to Stay – What Happens to My Uncompensated Care Payment Now?” The webinar will be held Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. EST. Interested participants can register through this link. This live webinar will focus on preparing for the…

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