Endorsements
Imaging,
workflow tech tackle Medicare eligibility
The Health Care Financing
Administration (HCFA) [Now the - DHHS Center for Medicare & Medicaid
Services] has turned to imaging and workflow technology to meet a congressional
mandate that the agency keep better records of who is eligible for Medicare.
Under law, if a person
is covered by private insurance from an employer when he turns 65, Medicare
is not supposed to pay any medical bills. ...Congress told HCFA to hire
a contractor to collect this information from potentially eligible senior
citizens before they filed their first claim.
HCFA wanted to automate
their survey (Initial Enrollment Questionnaire,
IEQ) as much as possible, said Dianne Whittington, the project
officer. The agency turned to a solution by Douglas
Consulting & Computer Services (DCCS), a Baltimore 8(a) integrator
that uses imaging and workflow technology to process data from the surveys.
Whittington said
few vendors who compete for the $16 million, five-year contract offered
imaging as part of their solution. "The imaging system that Douglas proposed
was very unique," she said, and was appealing because it minimized errors.
Reprint
from Federal Computer Week volume 9, number 30
HCFA To Save More Than $1.1 Billion from
Medicare Secondary Payer Initiatives
The
Health Care Financing Administration announced today that more than $1.1
billion will be saved in 1997 because of new initiatives that help
Medicare avoid paying bills that should be paid by other insurers. The
Initial Enrollment Questionnaire and Prospective
Data Sharing initiatives are both identifying Medicare beneficiaries who
have other health insurance coverage.
Reprint from HCFA Press Office
Excellence
In Multimedia Design
When DCCS utilized
customized video, animation and graphics to design PowerPoint presentations
for Leadership Performance Development, Inc.(LPD)
-a Maryland based company and industry leader in developing and conducting
certified leadership, training and development programs- they had this
to say about DCCS. "It's a pleasure to be in affiliation with Douglas
Consulting & Computer Services...This note was just to thank you for
your work and add clarity to the working relationship we are forging into
the future...I look forward to our working relationship."
Reprint-Leadership
Performance Development, Inc.
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