The 2013 LTPAC HIT Summit

The annual 2013 AHIMA Long-Term and Post-Acute Care (LTPAC) Health IT Summit took place on June 17-18 in Baltimore. During the Summit, the LINTECH team connected with HIT leaders, policy makers, federal and state grantees, providers, vendors, professionals and standards development organizations, all focused on advancing policies and initiatives in alignment with the national health care strategy.

This year’s two-day Summit focused on strategies to bridge the gap between LTPAC providers and those incentivized to adopt EHR technology and the role of technology in reducing hospital readmissions. The summit also covered topics to advance policies and initiatives regarding the LTPAC Health IT Roadmap adopted in 2012.

To learn more about the initiatives discussed or how LINTECH can assist your organization, contact us.

The LINTECH team is at AHIMA's 2013 Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Health IT Summit in Baltimore

The LINTECH team is pleased to be networking with industry leaders during AHIMA's 2013 Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Health IT Summit in Baltimore, MD, June 17-18th.

Stop by BOOTH #8 to discuss your information system and business solutions goals or contact us to request a meeting during the Summit.

About the Summit: HIT leaders, policy makers, federal and state grantees, providers, vendors, professionals and standards development organizations are convening to discuss the advancement of policies and initiatives in alignment with the national health care strategy. The two- day Summit provides thought-provoking, interactive sessions to advance priorities, showcase real world implementation successes, and put the spotlight on certified LTPAC technologies. Summit attendees network with decision-makers and influencers and provide critical insights to move forward the LTPAC Health IT Road Map.

Mitigate Sequestration Cuts with Technology

As you are aware, the Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012 will go into effect on April 1st and includes a 2% reduction to Medicare reimbursements

As LTPAC providers struggle to absorb further reductions in Medicare funding,finding alternative ways to lower cost while continuing to deliver quality care will be vital. Technology plays an important role in ensuring cost efficiencies and the delivery of quality care. EMR technology solutions for LTPAC provide the opportunity to increase quality of care and productivity while decreasing a facility’s operating costs and reporting errors. Fully integrated EMR solutions make it possible for facilities to streamline business processes and care delivery in a cost effective way and potentially mitigate any negative impact from further Medicare cuts.

LINTECH is here to assist LTPAC providers and ensure they are operating most efficiently. LINTECH’s COMETTM software solution is designed to benefit virtually every aspect of a facility, allowing applications to share, analyze and continually update data from department to department. The Resident/Patient Accounts Suite can help improve your facility's cash flow while allowing your staff to be more productive. The COMET billing application streamlines the billing processes and helps maximize reimbursements. The application is so advanced it runs automatically, greatly improving the accuracy of claims by eliminating the need for human intervention. Users also enjoy full audit trails for every transaction as well as detailed claim information. The ancillary charge application integrates with the clinical modules and creates charges automatically based on clinician documentation that a service has been provided. This allows for greater quality care while keeping cost low. To read more about how your facility can benefit from a fully automated LTPAC solution, visit www.LINTECHsoftware.com or schedule a demo.

No Need to Worry About RAC Audits with COMET™

The Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 made the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program, which identifies improper Medicare payments, permanent. RACs are paid on a contingency fee basis and the auditors receive a percentage of the improper overpayments and underpayments they collect from providers. Auditors use software programs to identify payment errors such as duplicate payments, fiscal intermediaries’ mistakes, medical necessity and coding.

LINTECH designed COMET™ to prevent and eradicate errors – all by having every possible data element from our EMR flow into our MDS Application. The errors that cause incorrect Medicare payments cannot happen with COMET™, because data entered into our applications flows automatically into the right fields, including the applicable fields in our Billing Application. Because there is no human intervention in the process, COMET™ users do not have to worry about failing RAC audits.

To learn more about our COMET™ system, click here.

A New Year's Resolution: Operational Efficiency

As you know by now, President Obama signed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 into law to stave off the fiscal cliff. Although the legislation delays the Medicare cuts to physicians, it makes significant changes to hospitals. Even though the cuts do not directly impact Long Term and Post-Acute Care (LTPAC), providers will continue to focus on ensuring operational efficiency in order to achieve targeted quality outcomes and financial goals.

Now that 2013 is in full swing, many LTPAC providers are setting cost-effective operational resolutions. The possibilities of increasing reimbursement, enhancing overall efficiency and saving costs through LINTECH’s COMET™ could significantly support facilities in their efforts to streamline care delivery.

Integrated solutions include:

• Resident/Patient Account Suite: is the most efficient, effective and powerful integrated LTPAC clinical and financial tool for your facility's revenue cycle management.
• Clinical/EMR Suite: comprehensive solution for every aspect of charting and documenting patient care, from tracking and managing, to assessing, planning, retrieving and reporting.
• Financial & Administrative Services Suite: offers the most advanced, comprehensive yet easy-to-use LTPAC solution for managing your accounting and administering your business processes at the user, department and facility levels.

Contact us to discuss your operational goals and how LINTECH can be your valued partner in achieving your efficiency resolutions in 2013.

COMET™ Could Support Efforts to Mitigate the Unfavorable Impact of a Fiscal Cliff Scenario

As 2013 quickly approaches, many of us are setting resolutions for the coming year. From an operational perspective, the “Fiscal Cliff” is weighing heavily on long term and post-acute providers (LTPAC) as they identify ways to streamline operational and financial efficiencies.

The “Fiscal cliff” is the popular shorthand term used to describe what citizens of the U.S. face on January 1, 2013 when the terms of the Budget Control Act of 2011 are scheduled to go into effect.

Among the laws set to change at midnight on December 31, 2012, are the end of last year’s temporary payroll tax cuts (resulting in a 2% tax increase for workers), the end of certain tax breaks for businesses, shifts in the alternative minimum tax that would take a larger bite, the end of the tax cuts from 2001-2003, and the beginning of taxes related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). At the same time, the spending cuts agreed upon as part of the debt ceiling deal of 2011 will begin to go into effect. According to Barron's, over 1,000 government programs - including the defense budget and Medicare are in line for "deep, automatic cuts." This includes Medicare cuts to physicians and, most likely to reimbursement to LTPAC and other healthcare services (source).

The possibilities of increasing reimbursement, enhancing overall efficiency and saving costs through LINTECH’s COMET™ could significantly support facilities in their efforts to mitigate the unfavorable impact of a fiscal cliff scenario.  

Integrated solutions include:

• Resident/Patient Account Suite: is the most efficient, effective and powerful integrated LTPAC clinical and financial tool for your facility's revenue cycle management.
• Clinical/EMR Suite: comprehensive solution for every aspect of charting and documenting patient care, from tracking and managing, to assessing, planning, retrieving and reporting.
• Financial & Administrative Services Suite: offers the most advanced, comprehensive yet easy-to-use LTPAC solution for managing your accounting and administering your business processes at the user, department and facility levels.

Contact us to discuss your operational goals and how LINTECH can be your valued partner in achieving your efficiency resolutions in 2013.

Happy New Year from LINTECH

The team at LINTECH would like to wish you a bright and cheerful New Year!