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SERVICES

  • Contracting
    Centralized contracting, single signature contracting superceding existing contracts, members could add contracts MRHC doesn’t have, MRHC committee reviews all contracts and recommends good (reimbursement and terms) ones and rejects poor ones.
    • America’s PPO (formerly Araz)
    • Corvel certified workers compensation
    • Health Partners
    • Medica all products including LaborCare PPO *         
    • Multiplan
    • Great West (formerly One Health Plan)
    • Preferred One
    • PrimeWest
    • UCare
    • Advantage State Health Plan – all MRHC Primary Care Clinics are members and they are currently all tier one for all health plans (Blue Plus, Health Partners, Preferred One)

       
  • *Working towards delegated credentialing but not finalized yet.
    • Delegated credentialing, all but Medica, no “cherry-picking”, one set of forms, and one site visit. MRHC will soon provide credentials verification part of hospital privileging.
       
  • Administrative support regarding contracts, liaison role with health plans, work on your behalf to solve problems you haven’t been able to solve.
     
  • Assistance with health plan mandated Quality Assurance projects, do majority of patient satisfaction survey work, and do annual QA and quarterly complaint reporting.
     
  • Patient Satisfaction Surveys
    • Clinic Patient Satisfaction Survey (done twice a year)
    • Hospital Patient Satisfaction Surveys
      - Acute Care (done quarterly)
      - HCAHPS (done quarterly - serve as an approved survey vendor for national survey)
      - Emergency Room (done every other quarter)
      - Home Care Current (done in February each year)
      - Home Care Discharged (run continuosly throughout the year)
      - Outpatient Services (done every other quarter)
      - Same Day Surgery (done every other quarter)
      - Ambulance Service - (done every other quarter)
       
  • Group Purchasing
     
    • HIPAA Answers - web based solutions 40% discount = $3,000 vs. $5,000. Maintenance 20% of reduced purchase price.
       
    • Advantage Amerinet/Intermountain Health Care (IHC) – normal rate for each clinic separately determined by clinic size (e.g. 1-5 physician = $1,600/yr & 6-10 physician = $2,100/yr, etc.), we prepay and share cost $189.35/physician/yr. Also assistance with setup and/or purchasing group purchasing for best tier (1,2,3).
       
    • Group Purchasing Projects - usually 30-50% discount: flu vaccine, coding books, Microsoft software, DOT forms, and whatever members think of.
       
  • Discounted Technology Support & Services
    Mobile Computer Support contracted computer support and HIPAA staff services. MCSI’s normal rate $75/hr (which is very competitive) is $55.00/hr through MRHC with no charge for mileage within 30 mile radius from Granite Falls, and no hourly charge for windshield time. Without a contract the hourly charge is $71.50/hr.
     
  • Grant Opportunities
     
  • Health Plan Contracting Services
    • Legal and external consultant review of each health plan contract
    • For risk/non-risk business.  With few exceptions, at superior rates that facilities can not get individually
       
  • Annual return on investment
     
  • Website Space & E-mail Accounts
     
  • Media Center
     
  • AdminConnection Billing Services
     
  • Physician & Non-Physician Medical Staff Recruitment
     
  • Peer Support, Education & Networking Opportunities
     
  • Preferred Specialist and Outreach Network
     
  • Free Compliance Audit
     
  • Free semi-annual CME opportunities
  • Free RBRVS analysis

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