4medica Perfects the Order Process Upfront to Increase Efficiency at Lab Quality Confab 2019

Supporting this radically new technology approach to standardize and increase lab data, order and payment accuracy are two initiatives:

• 4medica’s customer Joseph Cugini, manager of Client Solutions at Health Network Laboratories, will present the breakout session, “How Health Network Laboratories Uses EMPI and New Digital Tools to Cut Time Required to Submit Claims, to Shorten Payer Settlement Times, and to Increase Collected Revenue” on Tuesday, October 15 from 3:00–3:50 p.m. ET.

• Industry fact: Potentially bad data or missing information ends up in the laboratory information system before lab orders are processed. 4medica is committed to a nationwide strategy calling for minimum data standards to facilitate accurate patient matching. Advocating for action via its data standardization tools and data governance procedures to keep patients safe despite the lack of a national patient identifier, 4medica will introduce its Virtual Master Data Clean-Up Program. The program guarantees eliminating patient record duplication rates to 1 percent or less, precisely cleaning each individual’s longitudinal medical history and care encounters while preventing false duplicates from forming.

“When every order is full scrubbed for medical necessity, patient identity, insurance eligibility and pre-authorization when required, a laboratory reaps tremendous cost savings in accessioning and support services,” said Church. “Imperfect data and a succession of data integrity missteps hurt a lab’s financial performance. Every stakeholder must focus on cleaning and validating data earlier in the process to avoid problems downstream.”