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New Haven, CT (PRWEB) May 6, 2009
Chart Links, a provider of rehabilitation
workflow management software, announces the implementation of its physician
authorization solution at Carle Foundation Hospital's outpatient rehabilitation
program which handles about 140,000 visits per year at 11 locations in east central
Illinois. The solution eliminates the phone calls and faxing associated with
authorizations by automating the process by which physicians approve therapistgenerated
plans of care for rehabilitative care.
Among other benefits, the solution
- speeds continuity of care by automating responses to requests for
authorization and eliminating the manual paper chase (printing, mailing,
faxing, scanning, phone calls)
- reduces billing delays by eliminating backlogs of unauthorized plans of
care due to misplaced or overlooked paperwork that was mailed or faxed
- offers referring physicians real-time access to therapy plan of care
updates by consolidating past and present plans of care to the physician
electronic medical record
Even though therapists and referring physicians at Carle both documented care
electronically, the referral authorization process between the two systems required
manual intervention with printing, sorting, bundling, sending, scanning and data
input. The real-time interface creates efficiencies by eliminating the last bit of
paper in CarleŐs work flow and reducing phone calls to and from referring
physicians. The solution also provides the physician with historical data related to
the progress of a patient's therapy.
"Plans of care can now be approved by physicians in minutes versus days," says
Stephanie Dotson, Supervisor of Therapy Services at Carle. "That expedites
insurance authorizations and enables our office specialists to focus on revenuegenerating
activities for the one to two hours per day that were previously spent on
the busy-work associated with plan of care certifications."
http://www.chartlinks.com [Chart Links rehabilitation software] streamlines all of
the daily tasks associated with a patient's physical therapy, occupational therapy,
speech language pathology, or audiology visit. The software manages adult and
pediatric therapy treatment by automating referrals, authorizations, evaluations,
flow sheets, plans of care, progress notes, patient education, and clinical
correspondence. It also manages payer compliance, provider reimbursement,
outcomes reporting, administrative functions, business intelligence and enterprise
productivity.
About Chart Links, LLC
For 15 years, Chart Links has developed rehabilitation software that automates
workflow for referrals, insurance authorizations, cross-discipline scheduling,
documentation, charges, and more. Chart Links allows medical rehabilitation
facilities to be more efficient and to provide a higher quality of care by delivering
results in the areas of compliance, outcomes, analytics and revenue.http://www.chartlinks.com?source=prweb
About Carle Therapy Services
Carle Therapy Services offers unique, specialty care across all settings- from acute
care to outpatient therapy in multiple locations across east central Illinois. The
staff is highly trained and has advanced certifications, focusing on developing an
individualized treatment plans. Carle Therapy Services is owned and operated by
The Carle Foundation, a not for-profit tertiary care facility, which is the regional
Level I Trauma Center. It also works closely Carle Clinic Association, one of the
largest physician group practices in the United States. Carle Clinic Association
physicians practice in more than 50 medical and surgical specialties and
subspecialties. http://www.carletherapy.com/
For more information:
Shannon Larkin
(203) 479-6232
Email: slarkin@chartlinks.com
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