IVANS LIME Speeds Up Medicare Claims Processing Tenfold |
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Written by U.S. Insurance News
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Sunday, 20 January 2008 |
Laurie Moler used to dread processing Medicare claims.
In fact, Moler, the business office manager of the Great Plains Regional Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Okla., admitted that the tedious tasks of processing claims and checking for patient eligibility took so much time that the system she used often would timeout because it ran so slowly.
But using IVANS LIME has changed all that.
"With the IVANS high-speed Internet solution, I just click on my icon and know I'll get done what needs to get done in minutes, not hours," Moler said. "It has made my job so much easier."
IVANS LIME is a new high-speed, multi-user Internet solution for health care providers who process Medicare transactions. LIME saves providers time and money by eliminating manual searches and streamlining the claims process. With LIME's high-speed connection, providers are able to process Medicare claims ten times faster than by using dial-up modems. Processors who used to take one hour to process three claims now can process thirty claims in one hour, thanks to LIME.
In addition, providers can use LIME for other Medicare transactions, such as eligibility and claims remittance. All told, the time and money saved in one year is equivalent to three staff members working full-time, according to IVANS Inc.
"IVANS LIME was developed as a high-touch, high-service solution that would help health care providers manage their businesses more easily while maintaining its cost effectiveness," said Clare DeNicola, president and CEO of IVANS, Inc. "It's also an integral part of IVANS Total Medicare Solution, which provides guidance and education to LIME users, and ensures that our providers have the right solutions and support so their Medicare transactions are processed quickly and their claims are paid."
LIME is part of a network that is approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and is fully compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). LIME can enable a provider with up to 25 users to simultaneously establish a secure connection for processing multiple Medicare transactions simultaneously over the Internet with the necessary Medicare Contractor from their facility.
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